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Clinical significance of left atrial volume in clinical outcomes of heart transplant recipients

BACKGROUND: Left atrial volume (LAV) is surgically kept enlarged in heart transplant (HT) recipients. On the other hand, LAV has been known an independent predictor of various cardiovascular diseases and is associated with exercise capacity of HT recipients. Thus, we evaluated the hypothesis that LA...

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Autores principales: Ahmad, Saad, Gujja, Pradeep, Naz, Tehmina, Ying, Jun, Dunlap, Stephanie H., Shizukuda, Yukitaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4499206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26163014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-015-0308-8