Left atrial volume index predictive of mortality independent of left ventricular geometry in a large clinical cohort with preserved ejection fraction

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 730-737

  Patel, Dharmendrakumar A ^a   Lavie, Carl J ^a   Milani, Richard V ^a   Ventura, Hector O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRIC HYPERTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECCENTRIC HYPERTROPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICULAR GEOMETRY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 79960938536     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0682     Document Type: Article

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