Forgotten atrial: Driver of symptoms in heart failure with normal ejection fraction?

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1261-1262

  Tan, Yu Ting ^a   Sanderson, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ATRIAL FUNCTION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84864868179     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302363     Document Type: Editorial

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