Improved visualization of the left atrial appendage by transthoracic 2- dimensional tissue harmonic compared with fundamental echocardiographic imaging

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1044-1049

  Ono, M ^a   Asanuma, T ^a   Tanabe, K ^a   Yoshitomi, H ^a   Shimizu, H ^a   Ohta, Y ^a   Shimada, T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031755375     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(98)70155-5     Document Type: Article

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