Association of the Active and Passive Components of Left Atrial Deformation with Left Ventricular Function

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 659-666

  Ramkumar, Satish ^a,b   Yang, Hong ^c   Wang, Ying ^c   Nolan, Mark ^c   Negishi, Tomoko ^c   Negishi, Kazuaki ^c   Marwick, Thomas H ^a,b,c  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial function; Left atrium; Left ventricle; Strain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOBAL CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRAIN; GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOFTWARE;

AGED; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 85018435137     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2017.03.014     Document Type: Article

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