Left atrial appendage blood flow determined by transesophageal echocardiography in patients with complete atrioventricular block?

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-75

  Lin, Jer Min ^a   Lin, Jiunn Lee ^a   Chen, Jin Jer ^a   Li, Yi Heng ^a   Huang, Juey Jen ^a   Tseng, Yung Zu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complete atrioventricular block; Left atrial appendage flow; Left ventricular relaxation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029656053     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177063     Document Type: Article

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