Minimum vs. maximum left atrial volume for prediction of first atrial fibrillation or flutter in an elderly cohort: A prospective study

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 282-286

  Fatema, Kaniz ^a   Barnes, Marion E ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Abhayaratna, Walter P ^b   Cha, Steven ^a   Seward, James B ^a   Tsang, Teresa S M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrium; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGE; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 62449300654     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen235     Document Type: Article

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