Evaluation of left atrial appendage function by measurement of changes in flow velocity patterns after electrical cardioversion in patients with isolated atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 615-620

  Tabata, Tomotsugu ^a,b   Oki, Takashi ^a,b   Iuchi, Arata ^a,b   Yamada, Hirotsugu ^a,b   Manabe, Kazuyo ^a,b   Fukuda, Kazuyo ^a,b   Abe, Miho ^a,b   Fukuda, Nobuo ^a,b   Ito, Susumu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; PULMONARY VEINS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030935023     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00826-0     Document Type: Article

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