Prevalence of echocardiographic left-atrial enlargement in hypertension: A systematic review of recent clinical studies

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 456-464

  Cuspidi, Cesare ^a,b   Rescaldani, Marta ^c   Sala, Carla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

blood pressure; echocardiography; hypertension; left atrial enlargement

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK;

EID: 84876525533     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt001     Document Type: Review

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