Left atrial volumes and function by three-dimensional echocardiography: Reference values, accuracy, reproducibility, and comparison with two-dimensional echocardiographic measurements

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Badano, Luigi P ^a   Miglioranza, Marcelo H ^b   MihǍilǍ, Sorina ^c   Peluso, Diletta ^a   Xhaxho, Jola ^a   Marra, Martina Perazzolo ^a   Cucchini, Umberto ^a   Soriani, Nicola ^a   Iliceto, Sabino ^a   Muraru, Denisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Rio Grande do Sul Cardiology Institute   (Brazil)

^c CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

left atrial function; left atrial volumes; left atrium; normal values; reference values; three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MYOCARDITIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BODY SURFACE AREA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979060446     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.004229     Document Type: Article

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