Diastolic Heart Failure Predicted by Left Atrial Expansion Index in Patients with Severe Diastolic Dysfunction

• Shih-Hung Hsiao,

  Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• Kuan-Rau Chiou

  * E-mail: krchiou@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China

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