Early assessment by transesophageal echocardiography of left atrial appendage function after percutaneous mitral commissurotomy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-76

  Porte, Jean Marc ^a   Cormier, Bertrand ^a   Iung, Bernard ^a   Dadez, Eric ^a   Starkman, Charles ^a   Nallet, Olivier ^a   Michel, Pierre Louis ^a   Acar, Jean ^a   Vahanian, Alec ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030058905     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89137-0     Document Type: Article

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