Echocardiographic reference ranges for normal left atrial function parameters: Results from the EACVI NORRE study

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 630-638

  Sugimoto, Tadafumi ^a   Robinet, Sébastien ^a   Dulgheru, Raluca ^a   Bernard, Anne ^a,b   Ilardi, Federica ^a   Contu, Laura ^a   Addetia, Karima ^c   Caballero, Luis ^d   Kacharava, George ^e   Athanassopoulos, George D ^f   Barone, Daniele ^g   Baroni, Monica ^h   Cardim, Nuno ⁱ   Hagendorff, Andreas ^j   Hristova, Krasimira ^k   Lopez, Teresa ^l   De La Morena, Gonzalo ^d   Popescu, Bogdan A ^m   Penicka, Martin ⁿ   Ozyigit, Tolga ^o   Rodrigo Carbonero, Jose David ^p   Van De Veire, Nico ^q   Von Bardeleben, Ralph Stephan ^r   Vinereanu, Dragos ^m   Zamorano, Jose Luis ^s   Go, Yun Yun ^a   Marchetta, Stella ^a   Nchimi, Alain ^a   Rosca, Monica ^m   Calin, Andreea ^m   Moonen, Marie ^a   Cimino, Sara ^a   Magne, Julien ^t   Cosyns, Bernard ^u   Galli, Elena ^v   Donal, Erwan ^v   Habib, Gilbert ^w,x   Esposito, Roberta ^y   Galderisi, Maurizio ^y   Badano, Luigi P ^z   Lang, Roberto M ^c   Lancellotti, Patrizio ^a,aa   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^e Department of the JO ANN Medical Center   (Georgia)

^f ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^h Fondazione Toscana G Monasterio   (Italy)

ⁱ HOSPITAL DA LUZ   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^k NATIONAL HEART HOSPITAL   (Bulgaria)

^l HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

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

ⁿ CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

^o AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^p HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^q AZ Maria Middelares   (Belgium)

^r UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^t DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^u UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^v UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^w TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^x AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^y FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^z UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^aa ANTHEA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

adult echocardiography; deformation imaging; left atrial function; reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEX FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 85048197377     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jey018     Document Type: Article

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