Left Atrium Reclassified: Application of the American Society of Echocardiography/European Society of Cardiology Cutoffs to Unselected Outpatients Referred to the Echocardiography Laboratory

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 433-438

  Barbieri, Andrea ^a   Bursi, Francesca ^a   Zanasi, Vera ^a   Veronesi, Benedetta ^a   Cioni, Elena ^a   Modena, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CARDIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049124087     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.08.025     Document Type: Article

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