Left atrial volume index as an independent determinant of pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic organic mitral regurgitation

BACKGROUND: The common pathophysiological consequences of chronic mitral regurgitation (MR) are left atrial (LA) remodeling/dilatation and pulmonary hypertension (PH). We aimed to study the association between LA volume (LAV) and PH in patients with chronic organic MR. METHODS: We prospectively stud...

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Autores principales: Ratanasit, Nithima, Karaketklang, Khemajira, Krittayaphong, Rungroj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4917930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27334722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0306-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4917930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27334722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0306-3

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