Left atrium measurement in patients suspected of having heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-180

  Jorge, Antonio José Lagoeiro ^a   Ribeiro, Mario Luiz ^a   Rosa, Maria Luiza Garcia ^a   Licio, Fernanda Volponi ^a   Fernandes, Luiz Cláudio Maluhy ^a   Lanzieri, Pedro Gemal ^a   Jorge, Bruno Afonso Lagoeiro ^a   Brito, Flavia Oliveira Xavier ^b   Mesquita, Evandro Tinoco ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac volume; Heart failure; Left atrium; Stroke volume

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE, DIASTOLIC; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84857975580     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2012005000009     Document Type: Article

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