title: Left-atrial wall thickening may be an important-response in systemic hypertension as well as left-ventricular hypertrophy and more remarkable than left-ventricular diastolic dysfunction and left-atrial enlargement.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Takaoka
authors: Nobusada
authors: N
authors: Funabashi
authors: Maiko
authors: M
authors: Takahashi
authors: Yuko
authors: Y
authors: Uchimura
authors: Akinori
authors: A
authors: Sairaku
authors: Yoshio
authors: Y
authors: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Left; Left atrial enlargement; Left atrial wall thickening; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Systemic hypertension; Ventricular diastolic dysfunction