Left atrial size and function: Role in prognosis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 493-505

  Hoit, Brian D ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular outcomes; left atrial function; left atrial volume

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHADS2 SCORE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION; LEFT ATRIAL SIZE; LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VOLUMETRY;

CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES; LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION; LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME;

ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84893857596     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.10.055     Document Type: Review

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