Left atrial function measured by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with heart failure: Clinical associations and prognostic value

European Heart Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 733-743

  Pellicori, Pierpaolo ^a   Zhang, Jufen ^a   Lukaschuk, Elena ^a   Joseph, Anil C ^a   Bourantas, Christos V ^a   Loh, Huan ^a   Bragadeesh, Thanjavur ^a   Clark, Andrew L ^a   Cleland, John G F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Heart failure; Left atrial function; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1-76);

ADULT; AGED; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIAL EMPTYING FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84940031541     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu405     Document Type: Article

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