Regional left atrial stasis during atrial fibrillation and flutter: Determinants and relation to stroke

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1722-1729

  Shively, Bruce K ^a,b   Gelgand, Erika A ^a   Crawford, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART DILATATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029995568     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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