Left ventricular diastolic function is strongly correlated with active emptying of the left atrium: a novel analysis using three-dimensional echocardiography

BACKGROUND: Increased left atrial (LA) dimensions are known to be a risk factor in predicting cardiovascular events and mortality and to be one key diagnostic tool to assess diastolic dysfunction. Currently, LA measurements are usually conducted using 2D-echocardiography, although there are well-kno...

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Autores principales: Scherr, Johannes, Jung, Philip, Schuster, Tibor, Pollmer, Lars, Eisele, Gert, Goss, Franz, Schneider, Jens, Halle, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5055675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27717383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-016-0085-0

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