Left atrial eccentricity in chronic mitral regurgitation: Relation to left atrial function

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 110-117

  Yi, Jeong Eun ^a   Chung, Woo Baek ^a   Cho, Jung Sun ^a   Park, Chan Seok ^a   Cho, Eun Joo ^a   Jeon, Hui Kyung ^a   Jung, Hae Ok ^a   Youn, Ho Joong ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic mitral regurgitation; Left atrial eccentricity; Volume overload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM ECCENTRICITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84872446588     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes100     Document Type: Article

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