Prognostic significance of left atrial enlargement in a general population results of the PAMELA study

Hypertension

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1205-1211

  Bombelli, Michele ^a   Facchetti, Rita ^a   Cuspidi, Cesare ^a,b   Villa, Paolo ^a   Dozio, Dario ^a   Brambilla, Gianmaria ^a   Grassi, Guido ^a,c   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart atria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; ICD-9; LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84922480795     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.03975     Document Type: Article

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