Clinical implications of left atrial enlargement: A review

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 191-196

  Patel, Dharmendrakumar A ^a   Lavie, Carl J ^a   Milani, Richard V ^a   Shah, Sangeeta ^a   Gilliland, Yvonne ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Diastolic dysfunction; Echocardiography; Left atrial size; Mortality; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA STENOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONICITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK;

EID: 77149132126     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1043/1524-5012-9.4.191     Document Type: Review

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