Prognostic value of left atrial size in chronic kidney disease

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 736-740

  Chan, Mark Y ^a,d   Wong, Hwee Bee ^b   Ong, Hean Yee ^c   Yeo, Tiong Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

^c Alexander Hospital   (Singapore)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic; Echocardiography; Emission computed; Heart atria; Kidney failure; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 54949105105     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen131     Document Type: Article

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