Association of Left Atrial Function Index with Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiovascular Disease: The Framingham Offspring Study

BACKGROUND: Left atrial (LA) size, a marker of atrial structural remodeling, is associated with increased risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). LA function may also relate to AF and CVD, irrespective of LA structure. We tested the hypothesis that LA function index (LAFI...

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Autores principales: Sardana, Mayank, Lessard, Darleen, Tsao, Connie W., Parikh, Nisha I., Barton, Bruce A., Nah, Gregory, Thomas, Randell C., Cheng, Susan, Schiller, Nelson B., Aragam, Jayashri R., Mitchell, Gary F., Vaze, Aditya, Benjamin, Emelia J., Vasan, Ramachandran S., McManus, David D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5907604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29602764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.008435

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