title: Left atrial size: an underappreciated perioperative cardiac risk factor.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bardia
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Hospital México C.C.S.S., Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montealegre-Gallegos
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: fmahmood@bidmc.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Feroze
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Khurram
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Owais
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Anam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.affiliation: Departments of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Robina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matyal
mesh_terms: D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009929:Organ Size; D059035:Perioperative Period / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
keywords: left atrial appendage; left atrial size; perioperative risk