Left atrial volume: Important risk marker of incident atrial fibrillation in 1655 older men and women

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 467-475

  Tsang, Teresa S M ^a   Barnes, Marion E ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Leibson, Cynthia L ^a   Montgomery, Samantha C ^a   Takemoto, Yasuhiko ^a   Diamond, Pauline M ^a,b   Marra, Marisa A ^a,c   Gersh, Bernard J ^a   Wiebers, David O ^a   Petty, George W ^a   Seward, James B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c HOSPITAL VERA CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035041458     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/76.5.467     Document Type: Article

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