Determinants of echocardiographic left atrial volume: Implications for normalcy

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 826-833

  Nistri, Stefano ^a   Galderisi, Maurizio ^b   Ballo, Piercarlo ^c   Olivotto, Iacopo ^d   D'Andrea, Antonello ^e   Pagliani, Leopoldo ^a,f   Santoro, Alessandro ^c   Papesso, Barbara ^a   Innelli, Pasquale ^b   Cecchi, Franco ^d   Mondillo, Sergio ^g  

^a CMSR Veneto Medica   (Italy)

^b FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Athletes; Diastolic function; Left atrial volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856402219     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer137     Document Type: Article

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