Left atrial size is a poor predictor of pathology in the older patient: Preliminary observations

Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-30

  Goldman, Jonathan H ^a   Ehlgen, Alexander ^b   Ursell, Philip C ^a   Schiller, Nelson B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Histology; Left atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RHYTHM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIAC VOLUME; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645078099     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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