Assessment of mean left atrial pressure from the left ventricular pressure tracing in patients with cardiomyopathies

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-110

  Yamamoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Nishimura, Rick A ^a   Redfield, Margaret M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 0030200836     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00238-X     Document Type: Article

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