Usefulness of Left Atrial Volume Index to Predict Heart Failure Hospitalization and Mortality in Ambulatory Patients With Coronary Heart Disease and Comparison to Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (from the Heart and Soul Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-76

  Ristow, Bryan ^a   Ali, Sadia ^b   Whooley, Mary A ^b   Schiller, Nelson B ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT HEART ATRIUM VOLUME INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 51749083045     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.02.099     Document Type: Article

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