Relationship between flow dynamics in the left atrium and hemostatic abnormalities in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 721-730

  Shinohara, Hisanori ^a,c   Fukuda, Nobuo ^a   Soeki, Takcshi ^a   Takeichi, Naoki ^a   Yui, Yasuko ^a   Tamura, Yoshiyuki ^a   Oki, Takashi ^a,b  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Hemostatic; Left atrial appendage flow; Left atrium; Markers

Indexed keywords

BETA THROMBOGLOBULIN; D DIMER; FIBRINOPEPTIDE A; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032457903     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.39.721     Document Type: Article

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