Reduced left atrial function on exercise in patients with heart failure and normal ejection fraction

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1017-1023

  Tan, Y T ^a   Wenzelburger, F ^a,b   Lee, E ^b   Nightingale, P ^c   Heatlie, G ^b   Leyva, F ^a   Sanderson, John E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REST; SYSTOLE;

AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, DIASTOLIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 77954229242     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.189118     Document Type: Article

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