Echocardiographic Left Atrial Volumetric-mechanical Coupling Index for Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation after STEMI.
BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) commonly complicates ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Conventional echocardiographic measures may incompletely capture left atrial remodeling. The left atrial volumetric-mechanical coupling index (LACI-vm), integrating left atrial volume index (LAVI) and mitral ann...