Left atrial size and risk for all-cause mortality and ischemic stroke

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Bouzas Mosquera, Alberto ^a,b   Broullón, Francisco J ^a   Álvarez García, Nemesio ^a   Méndez, Elizabet ^a   Peteiro, Jesús ^a,b   Gándara Sambade, Teresa ^c   Prada, Oscar ^a   Mosquera, Víctor X ^a   Castro Beiras, Alfonso ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Unidad de Atención Primaria Os Mallos   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 79960166307     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091688     Document Type: Article

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