Does left atrial size predict mortality in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis

Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-109

  Casaclang Verzosa, Grace ^a   Malouf, Joseph F ^a   Scott, Christopher G ^a   Juracan, Eldyn Marcony ^a   Nishimura, Rick A ^a   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Echocardiography; Left atrium; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART SIZE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIUM SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; ORGAN SIZE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77649208137     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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