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Left atrial diameter as an independent predictor of first clinical cardiovascular events in middle-a...

Left atrial diameter as an independent predictor of first clinical cardiovascular events in middle-a...

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Left atrial diameter as an independent predictor of first clinical cardiovascular events in middle-aged and elderly adults: The Strong Heart Study (SHS)

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Left atrial diameter as an independent predictor of first clinical cardiovascular events in middle-aged and elderly adults: The Strong Heart Study (SHS)

Publisher

New York, NY: Mosby, Inc

Journal title

The American heart journal, 2006-02, Vol.151 (2), p.412-418

Language

English

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New York, NY: Mosby, Inc

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Contents

Echocardiographic left atrial (LA) volume has been documented to be an independent predictor of cardiovascular events. Less is known about the predictive ability of anteroposterior LA diameter, a simpler measure of LA size obtained routinely during echocardiographic evaluation.
We investigated the prognostic value of LA diameter for incident car...

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Full title

Left atrial diameter as an independent predictor of first clinical cardiovascular events in middle-aged and elderly adults: The Strong Heart Study (SHS)

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70707986

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70707986

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ISSN

0002-8703

E-ISSN

1097-6744

DOI

10.1016/j.ahj.2005.04.031

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