Assessment of echocardiographic left atrial size: Accuracy of M-mode and two-dimensional methods and prediction of diastolic dysfunction

Echocardiography

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 379-384

  Stefano, Gregory T ^a   Zhao, Hong ^b   Schluchter, Mark ^b   Hoit, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diastolic dysfunction; left atrial volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM AREA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM DIAMETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM SIZE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL DIAMETER INDEXED FOR BODY SURFACE AREA; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84862802636     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01643.x     Document Type: Article

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