Do we need different threshold values to define normal left atrial size in different age groups? Another piece of the puzzle of left atrial remodelling with physiological ageing

Luigi P Badano^{1

2}, Denisa Muraru^{1

2}, Gianfranco Parati^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, San Luca Hospital, P.le Brescia 201, 20149 Milan, Italy.
² Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of MIlano-Bicocca, P.le Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126 Milano, Italy.

Editorial

Luigi P Badano et al. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020.

. 2020 May 1;21(5):508-510.

doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa024.

Luigi P Badano^{1

2}, Denisa Muraru^{1

2}, Gianfranco Parati^{1

2}

¹ Department of Cardiac, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, San Luca Hospital, P.le Brescia 201, 20149 Milan, Italy.
² Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of MIlano-Bicocca, P.le Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126 Milano, Italy.

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Sex differences and higher upper normal limits for left atrial end-systolic volume in individuals in their mid-60s: data from the ACE 1950 Study.
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