Left atrial size changes in patients with paroxysmal lone atrial fibrillation: An echocardiographic follow-up

Angiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 797-802

  Rostagno, Carlo ^a   Olivo, Giuseppe ^a   Comeglio, Marco ^a   Bertini, Giovanni ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a   Galanti, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029775582     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979604700807     Document Type: Article

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