Left atrial size in hypertension and stroke

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1988-1993

  Piotrowski, Grzegorz ^a   Banach, Maciej ^b   Gerdts, Eva ^c   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^d   Hannam, Simon ^e   Gawor, Rafał ^a   Stasiak, Arkadiusz ^f   Rysz, Jacek ^b   Gawor, Zenon ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Ischemic stroke; Left atrial volume; Left atrium; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84855986554     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834a98db     Document Type: Article

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