The End of “Left Atrial Overload”
To the Editor,
We read with great interest the article by Oliveira et al. The authors are to be commended for conducting a study of this magnitude and rigor. While previous literature relied on smaller sample sizes or non-standard/obsolete echocardiographic cutoffs for left atrial enlargement (LAE),– the ELSA-Brasil cohort provides the statistical power necessary to settle a longstanding debate in clinical cardiology. We believe this research is destined to become a reference point in standard electrocardiography textbooks.
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