Left atrial enlargement in healthy obese: Prevalence and relation to left ventricular mass and diastolic function

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-263

  Sasson, Zion ^a,b   Rasooly, Yosef ^a   Gupta, Rajesh ^a   Rasooly, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Left atrial enlargement; Left ventricular mass; Obese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOMEGALY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0029917752     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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