Enlarged left atrium is a simple and strong predictor of poor prognosis in patients after myocardial infarction

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-35

  Wierzbowska Drabik, Karina ^a   Krzemińska Pakuła, Maria ^a   Drozdz, Jarosław ^a   Plewka, Michał ^a   Trzos, Ewa ^a   Kurpesa, Małgorzata ^a   Rechciński, Tomasz ^a   Rózga, Aneta ^a   Płońska Gościniak, Edyta ^b   Kasprzak, Jarosław D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Left atrium; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOMEGALY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 38049156486     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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