Risk Stratification for Recurrent Heart Failure in Patients Post-Myocardial Infarction With Electrocardiographic and Echocardiographic Left Atrial Abnormality

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1373-1378

  Ariyarajah, Vignendra ^a   Malinski, Maciej ^b   Zieroth, Shelley ^a   Harizi, Robert ^c   Morris, Andrew ^a   Spodick, David H ^c  

^a ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Sherman Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; P WAVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42749089238     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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