Association of left ventricular geometry with left atrial enlargement in patients with preserved ejection fraction

Congestive Heart Failure

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-8

  Patel, Dharmendrakumar A ^a   Lavie, Carl J ^a   Milani, Richard V ^a   Gilliland, Yvonne ^a   Shah, Sangeeta ^a   Ventura, Hector O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LOUISIANA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ORLEANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84856297006     PISSN: 15275299     EISSN: 17517133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2011.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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