Left and right atrial transport function after the maze procedure for atrial fibrillation: An echocardiographic doppler follow-up study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 937-945

  Albirini, Abdulhay ^b   Scalia, Gregory M ^a   Daniel Murray, R ^a   Chung, Mina K ^b   McCarthy, Patrick M ^b   Griffin, Brian P ^a   Arheart, Kristopher L ^b   Klein, Allan L ^b  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031264268     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)80010-7     Document Type: Article

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