Morphological change of left atrium in obese individuals

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-119

  Ito, Keiichi ^a   Date, Taro ^a   Kawai, Makoto ^a   Nojiri, Ayumi ^a   Narui, Ryosuke ^a   Hioki, Mika ^a   Tanigawa, Shinichi ^a   Yamashita, Seigo ^a   Tokuda, Michifumi ^a   Inada, Keiichi ^a   Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Yamane, Teiichi ^a   Yoshimura, Michihiro ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Left atrium; Obesity; Oval shaped

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM DIMENSION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80053562096     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.07.037     Document Type: Article

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