F-amplitude, left atrial appendage velocity, and thromboembolic risk in nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-313

  Blackshear, Joseph L ^a,b   Safford, Robert E ^a   Pearce, Lesly A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Stat and Epidemiol Res Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial appendage; atrial fibrillation; Doppler; F wave

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0029790115     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960190406     Document Type: Article

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