Left atrial size-Another Differentiator for Cardiac Amyloidosis

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 574-578

  Fitzgerald, Benjamin T ^a,b   Scalia, Gregory M ^a,b,c   Cain, Peter A ^a   Garcia, Mario J ^d   Thomas, James D ^e  

^a WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Heart atria

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMYLOIDOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79961126618     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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