Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Left Atrial Structure and Function in Normal, Aging, Hypertensive and Heart Failure Patients: New Insights into Left Atrial Adaptation and Remodeling

Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Left Atrial Structure and Function in Normal, Aging, Hypertensive and Heart Failure Patients: New Insights into Left Atrial Adaptation and Remodeling

Background: Precise left atrial (LA) volume quantification, representative of LA function, is of extraordinary clinical prognostic value. However, a detailed description of pathophysiology in different disease populations and interactions with aging by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (R...

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Main Authors: Cheng-Ting Tsai, Chung-Lieh Hung, Charles Jia-Yin Hou, Ta-Chuan Hung, Hung-I Yeh, Cheng-Ho Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2009-03-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
Subjects:
aging
heart failure
hypertension
left atrial function
remodeling
three-dimensional echocardiography
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959809700213

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