Independent relationship of left atrial size and mortality in patients with heart failure: An individual patient meta-analysis of longitudinal data (MeRGE Heart Failure)

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 929-936

  Rossi, Andrea ^a   Temporelli, Pier Luigi ^b   Quintana, Miguel ^c   Dini, Frank L ^d   Ghio, Stefano ^e   Hillis, Graham S ^f   Klein, Allan L ^g   Ajmone Marsan, Nina ^e   Prior, David L ^h   Yu, Cheuk Man ⁱ   Poppe, Katrina K ^j   Doughty, Robert N ^j   Whalley, Gillian A ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL DE TORREVIEJA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

Diastolic function; Heart failure; Left atrium; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CARDIOMEGALY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70349690431     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp112     Document Type: Article

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