Left atrial volume in the prediction of first ischemic stroke in an elderly cohort without atrial fibrillation

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1008-1014

  Barnes, Marion E ^a   Miyasaka, Yoko ^a   Seward, James B ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^a   Rosales, A Gabriela ^a   Badley, Kent R ^a   Petty, George W ^a   Wiebers, David O ^a   Tsang, Teresa S M ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; SENESCENCE; STROKE;

EID: 3442891744     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/79.8.1008     Document Type: Article

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