Left atrial size and force in patients with systolic chronic heart failure: Comparison with healthy controls and different cardiac diseases

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Cioffi, Giovanni ^a   Gerdts, Eva ^b   Cramariuc, Dana ^b   Tarantini, Luigi ^c   Di Lenarda, Andrea ^d   Pulignano, Giovanni ^e   Del Sindaco, Donatella ^f   Stefenelli, Carlo ^a   De Simone, Giovanni ^g  

^a Villa Bianca Hospital   (Italy)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^d United Hospitals   (Italy)

^e San Camillo Hospital   (Italy)

^f INRCA   (Italy)

^g FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Arterial hypertension; Chronic heart failure; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Left atrial systolic function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

EID: 78049256868     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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