Left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in patients with permanent pacemakers

Heart

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 262-267

  Lee, Tsung Ming ^a   Su, Sheng Fang ^b   Chien, Kuo Liong ^a   Lin, Yueh Juh ^a   Chen, Wen Jone ^a   Chen, Ming Fong ^a   Liau, Chiau Suong ^a   Lee, Yuan Teh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left atrial appendage; Pacemaker; Spontaneous echo contrast

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030818067     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.78.3.262     Document Type: Article

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