Determinants of Left Atrial Volume in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.

Left atrial (LA) enlargement is an important risk factor for incident stroke and a key determinant for the success of rhythm control strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, factors associated with LA volume in AF patients remain poorly understood.Patients with paroxysmal or pe...

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Main Authors: Matthias Bossard, Rahel Kreuzmann, Thomas Hochgruber, Philipp Krisai, Andreas J Zimmermann, Stefanie Aeschbacher, Katrin Pumpol, Arnheid Kessel-Schaefer, Frank-Peter Stephan, Nadja Handschin, Christian Sticherling, Stefan Osswald, Beat A Kaufmann, Guillaume Paré, Michael Kühne, David Conen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5049755?pdf=render