Reference values for and determinants of right atrial area in healthy adults by 2-dimensional echocardiography

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-124

  Grünig, Ekkehard ^a   Henn, Philipp ^a   D'Andrea, Antonello ^b   Claussen, Martin ^c   Ehlken, Nicola ^a   Maier, Felicitas ^a   Naeije, Robert ^d   Nagel, Christian ^a   Prange, Felix ^a   Weidenhammer, Johannes ^a   Fischer, Christine ^e   Bossone, Eduardo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf   (Germany)

^d ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension; Reference values; Right atrium; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874534569     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.978031     Document Type: Article

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