Prognostic Significance of Left Atrial Volume Dilatation in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-81

  Losi, Maria Angela ^a   Betocchi, Sandro ^a   Barbati, Giovanni ^a   Parisi, Valentina ^a   Tocchetti, Carlo Gabriele ^a   Pastore, Fabio ^a   Migliore, Teresa ^a   Contaldi, Carla ^a   Caputi, Armando ^a   Romano, Rosalba ^a   Chiariello, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Left atrial volume; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 58149085970     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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