Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesGuideline or statement
Atrial Cardiomyopathy: From Healthy Atria to Atrial Failure. A Clinical Consensus Statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC
- Clinical consensus statement
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
Atrial cardiomyopathy (AtCM) redefined as a graded disorder: electrical atrial dysfunction plus evidence of mechanical atrial dysfunction, atrial enlargement and/or atrial fibrosis
Atrial failure is the end-stage manifestation of AtCM, with progressive structural, electrophysiological and functional changes
Original publication
Atrial Cardiomyopathy: From Healthy Atria to Atrial Failure. A Clinical Consensus Statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 5 August 2025. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3782
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