Diastolic dysfunction without abnormalities in left atrial and left ventricular geometry does not affect quality of life in elderly women

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 37-39

  Germing, Alfried ^a   Gotzmann, Michael ^a   Schikowski, Tamara ^b   Vierkötter, Andrea ^b   Ranft, Ulrich ^b   Mügge, Andreas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diastolic dysfunction; Elderly women; Left atrial volume; Left ventricular mass

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 79957896134     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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