Heart failure & cardiomyopathies

Atrial Cardiomyopathy: From Healthy Atria to Atrial Failure. A Clinical Consensus Statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC

Eur J Heart FailPublished Clinical consensus statement

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. Atrial cardiomyopathy (AtCM) redefined as a graded disorder: electrical atrial dysfunction plus evidence of mechanical atrial dysfunction, atrial enlargement and/or atrial fibrosis

  2. 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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