Left atrial systolic force in asymptomatic aortic stenosis

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 968-977

  Cioffi, Giovanni ^a   Cramariuc, Dana ^b,c   Dalsgaard, Morten ^d   Davidsen, Einar Skulstad ^b,c   Egstrup, Kenneth ^e   De Simone, Giovanni ^f   Gerdts, Eva ^b,c  

^a Villa Bianca Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Haukeland University   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e SVENDBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

LA systolic force; LA volume; LV diastolic function

Indexed keywords

EZETIMIBE PLUS SIMVASTATIN;

A WAVE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRELOAD; HEART LEFT ATRIUM SIZE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM SYSTOLIC FORCE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RATE; HEART SIZE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; AZETIDINES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SIMVASTATIN; SYSTOLE;

EID: 80053604326     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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