Variations in indexation of left atrial volume across different races

Background: Left atrial volume (LAV) has prognostic value. Guidelines propose indexation to body surface area (BSA), however studies demonstrate this can overcorrect for body size. Limited studies investigate indexation across different ethnicities. We sought to evaluate the effect of ethnicity on i...

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Published in:	Heliyon
Main Authors:	Aaisha Ferkh, Faraz Pathan, Eddy Kizana, James Elhindi, Amita Singh, Cristiane Carvalho Singulane, Tatsuya Miyoshi, Federico M. Asch, Roberto M. Lang, Liza Thomas, Aldo D. Prado, Karima Addetia, Michele Bellino, Masao Daimon, Pedro Gutierrez Fajardo, Ravi R. Kasliwal, James N. Kirkpatrick, Mark J. Monaghan, Denisa Muraru, Kofo O. Ogunyankin, Seung Woo Park, Ricardo E. Ronderos, Anita Sadeghpour, Gregory M. Scalia, Masaaki Takeuchi, Wendy Tsang, Edwin S. Tucay, Ana Clara Tude Rodrigues, Amuthan Vivekanandan, Yun Zhang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-10-01
Subjects:	Left atrial volume Echocardiography Body surface area Allometric indexation
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023075424