Clinical manifestation and survival of patients with idiopathic bilateral atrial dilatation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 112-118

  Arima, Mizuhiro ^a   Kanoh, Tatsuji ^a   Okazaki, Shinya ^a   Iwama, Yoshitaka ^a   Yamasaki, Akira ^a   Matsuda, Sigeru ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiomegaly; Elder women; Good prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033072848     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.112     Document Type: Article

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