What is it about?
First step in left atrial volume assessment. Validation, physiologic correlates, Outcome
Featured Image
Why is it important?
Fundamental paper for this cardiac measurement
Perspectives
LA characteristics have garnered little interest. Having a method validated to assess LA volume is essential as well as providing new insights on physiologic and outcome implications
Maurice Enriquez-Sarano
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Left atrial remodelling in mitral regurgitation--methodologic approach, physiological determinants, and outcome implications: a prospective quantitative Doppler-echocardiographic and electron beam-computed tomographic study, European Heart Journal, March 2007, European Society of Cardiology,
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm199.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page







