Left atrial diameter as an independent predictor of first clinical cardiovascular events in middle-aged and elderly adults: The Strong Heart Study (SHS)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 412-418

  Kizer, Jorge R ^a,e   Bella, Jonathan N ^b   Palmieri, Vittorio ^a   Liu, Jennifer E ^a   Best, Lyle G ^c   Lee, Elisa T ^d   Roman, Mary J ^a   Devereux, Richard B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MISSOURI BREAKS INDUSTRIES RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOMEGALY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31344471995     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.04.031     Document Type: Article

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