Left atrial appendage function in mitral stenosis: Is a group in sinus rhythm at risk of thromboembolism?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-54

  Daimee, Mudassir Ali ^a   Salama, Abdul Latif ^a   Cherian, George ^a   Hayat, Nasser J ^a   Sugathan, Thattaruparambil N ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Left atrial appendage function; Mitral stenosis; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 0032167872     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00128-4     Document Type: Article

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