Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5611485 Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2007 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
Enlargement of LA reflects the chronicity and burden of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in stable patients undergoing HD with early to atrial transmitral velocity ratio apparently normal on conventional Doppler echocardiography. LAVi is a practical and useful parameter to discriminate normal from pseudonormal mitral flow.
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Usefulness of Left Atrial Volume for the Differentiation of Normal from Pseudonormal Diastolic Function Pattern in Patients on Hemodialysis
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