Left atrial dysfunction relates to symptom onset in patients with heart failure and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 62-67

  Sanchis, Laura ^a   Gabrielli, Luigi ^a,b   Andrea, Rut ^a   Falces, Carles ^a   Duchateau, Nicolas ^a   Perez Vill, Felix ^a   Bijnens, Bart ^c   Sitges, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial strain; Heart failure onset; HFPEF; Outpatient; Speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84940020584     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu165     Document Type: Article

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