Indexing of Left Atrial Volume by Body Surface Area and Height in a Brazilian Population without Previous Heart Disease and with a Normal Heart on Echocardiography. Behavior in Obese and Overweight Patients

BACKGROUND: Left atrial (LA) volume indexing for body surface area (BSA) may underestimate LA size in obese and overweight people. Since LA volume is a risk marker for some cardiovascular events, it is suggested that indexing for height would be an alternative more appropriate method. The aims of th...

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Autores principales: Nassri Camara, Edmundo J., do Prado Valladares, Flávia R., Key, Ng Kin, Santana, Paloma Fonseca, Kawaoka, Jun Ramos, Campos, Thais Harada, Santana, Marcus Ribeiro de O., Cunha, Alex Costa, Sampaio, Danilo Sousa, Santana, Gustavo Pinheiro, Brito, Luis Gustavo S., Dourado, Narjara de O. Cardoso, Nascimento, Saulo Jende, Lira, Alice Povoa A. L., do Nascimento, Naily N., dos Santos, Romeu Pacheco F., Rocha, Sérgio Rodrigo F., Machado, Thaise Gordiano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10019596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36937650
http://dx.doi.org/10.26502/fccm.92920304

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