Validation of Right Atrial Area as a Measure of Right Atrial Size and Normal Values of in Healthy Pediatric Population by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography
Rajagopal H, Uppu SC, Weigand J, Lee S, Karnik R, Ko H, Bhatla P, Nielsen J, Doucette J, Parness I, Srivastava S. Validation of Right Atrial Area as a Measure of Right Atrial Size and Normal Values of in Healthy Pediatric Population by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography. Pediatric Cardiology 2018, 39: 892-901. PMID: 29523923, DOI: 10.1007/s00246-018-1838-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight atrial sizeTransthoracic echocardiographyTwo-dimensional echocardiographyRA areaRA sizeZ-scoreAtrial sizeEntire cohortRight atrial areaHealthy pediatric populationNormal reference valuesCardiovascular deathHeart failureAtrial areaPediatric populationPrognostic indicatorHealthy childrenRA volumeNormal valuesEchocardiographyInverse correlationRegression analysisReference standardCohortScores