Left Atrial Volume Provides Independent Prognostic Value in Patients With Chagas Cardiomyopathy

LAV provides powerful prognostic information incrementally and independently to clinical data and conventional echocardiographic parameters in the prediction of survival. New York Heart Association functional class, LV ejection fraction, right ventricular function, the E/E′ ratio, and LAV index can be used to build a risk prediction model, which can be used clinically.