Left atrial appendage anatomy and function: Short term response to sustained atrial fibrillation

Heart

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 555-558

  Weigner, M J ^a   Katz, S E ^a   Douglas, P S ^a   Manning, W J ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT AURICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032724192     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.82.5.555     Document Type: Article

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