Left atrial size and risk for all-cause mortality and ...

patients had no left atrial enlargement, whereas 24.5% had mild, 13.3% had moder-ate and 11.7% had severe left atrial enlarge-ment.Over a mean follow-up period of 5.5 (SD 4.1) years, 12527 patients died, and 2314 patients had a nonfatal ischemic stroke. Cumulative 10-year survival was 73.7% among patients with normal left atrial size, ................
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