How to detect early left atrial remodelling and dysfunction in mild-to-moderate hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2086-2093

  Baltabaeva, Aigul ^a,c   Marciniak, MacIej ^a   Bijnens, Bart ^b,c   Parsai, Chirine ^c   Moggridge, James ^c   Antonios, Tarek F ^a   MacGregor, Graham A ^a   Sutherland, George R ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial function; Atrial remodelling; Echocardiography; Hypertension; Strain imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTERPULSATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM DYSFUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70350446652     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32832f4f3d     Document Type: Article

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