Increased left atrial volume index predicts a poor prognosis in patients with heart failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 210-216

  Tamura, Harutoshi ^a   Watanabe, Tetsu ^a   Nishiyama, Satoshi ^a   Sasaki, Shintaro ^a   Arimoto, Takanori ^a   Takahashi, Hiroki ^a   Shishido, Tetsuro ^a   Miyashita, Takehiko ^a   Miyamoto, Takuya ^a   Nitobe, Joji ^a   Hirono, Osamu ^b   Kubota, Isao ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yamagata Prefectural Shinjo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diastolic dysfunction; left atrial volume; prognostic factor; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952192387     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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