Left atrial size is an independent predictor of overall survival in patients with primary systemic amyloidosis

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 611-618

  Mohty, Dania ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^b   Dumesnil, Jean G ^b   Darodes, Nicole ^a   Lavergne, David ^a   Echahidi, Najmeddine ^a   Virot, Patrice ^a   Bordessoule, Dominique ^a   Jaccard, Arnaud ^a  

^a LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Left atrial diameter; Survival; Systemic amyloidosis; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; INTRAVENTRICULAR SEPTUM THICKNESS; LEFT ATRIAL SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY SYSTEMIC AMYLOIDOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 82955233455     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: 18752128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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