Relationship between atrial function, left ventricular isovolumic relaxation time, and early filling in dual chamber-paced patients

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 300-309

  Rossi, Rosario ^a   Muia Jr , Nicola ^a   Modena, Maria Grazia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLE;

AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031135597     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)70066-X     Document Type: Article

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