Body Mass Index is an Independent Determinant of Left Atrial Size

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Ayer, Julian G J ^a   Almafragy, Hamid S ^a   Patel, Anushka A ^a   Hellyer, Rachael L ^a   Celermajer, David S ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrium; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 37049023496     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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