Using traditional measurements of the left atrial diameter to predict the left atrial volume index

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-39

  Kedia, Gautam ^a   Habibzadeh, Mohammed Reza ^a   Kudithipudi, Vijayasree ^a   Molls, Frank ^a   Sorrell, Vincent L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left atrial volume; Left atrium

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM DIAMETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIAC VOLUME; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 38049071181     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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