Obesity is associated with left atrial enlargement, E/A reversal and left ventricular hypertrophy

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-91

  Movahed, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Saito, Yuji ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Congestive heart failure; Diastolic function; EF; Left ventricular dysfunction; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 45749104714     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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