Influence of left atrial function on Doppler transmitral and pulmonary venous flow patterns in dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Evaluation of left atrial appendage function by transesophageal echocardiography

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 122-130

  Ito, Takahide ^a   Suwa, Michihiro ^a   Hirota, Yuzo ^a   Otake, Yoshiaki ^a   Moriguchi, Ayaka ^a   Kawamura, Keishiro ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030031683     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90060-5     Document Type: Article

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