Clinical and echocardiographic correlates of mitral E-wave transmission inside the left ventricle: Potential insights into left ventricular diastolic function

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 532-539

  Pai, Ramdas G ^a,b   Stoletniy, Liset ^a  

^a Jerry L Pettis Veterans Hospital ^*

^b Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; OBSERVER VARIATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031156762     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)70007-5     Document Type: Article

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