Influence of left ventricular diastole on left atrial appendage blood flow in patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 563-568

  Lin, Jer Min ^a   Hsu, Kwan Lih ^b   Hwang, Juey Jen ^b   Tseng, Yung Zu ^b  

^a CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage; Ventricular diastole

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COUNTERPULSATION; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030810082     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177420     Document Type: Article

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