Indexed left atrial volume is a more sensitive indicator of filling pressures and left heart function than is anteroposterior left atrial diameter

Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1049-1055

  Moya Mur, José Luis ^a   García Martín, Ana ^a   García Lledó, Alberto ^b   Ruiz Leria, Soledad ^a   Jiménez Nacher, José J ^a   Megias Sanz, Alicia ^a   Taboada, Dolores ^a   Muriel, Alfonso ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GUADALAJARA   (Spain)

Author keywords

atrial; atrium; diastole; echocardiography; pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349253027     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01216.x     Document Type: Article

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