Left atrial anatomy and physiology

This article provides a state-of-the-art perspective of left atrial anatomy and physiology.Left atrial structure and function can be used to reflect and quantify the physiologic state of complex disease processes. No single left atrial anatomic, functional, or clinical feature will adequately define a complex system. The state of combined left atrial structural and functional features (i.e., systems biology) defines disease clustering (i.e.,...