Left atrial volume is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1479-1485

  Shizuku, Junichi ^a,b   Yamashita, Tetsuri ^a,b   Ohba, Takashi ^b   Kabaya, Takashi ^b   Nitta, Kosaku ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Minami Senju Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hemodialysis; Left atrial volume; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VOLUME; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862975988     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7284     Document Type: Article

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