Left atrial systolic function is depressed in idiopathic and preserved in ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 905-912

  Triposkiadis, Filippos ^a,b   Moyssakis, I ^b   Hadjinikolaou, L ^a   Makris, T ^b   Zioris, H ^b   Hatzizaharias, A ^b   Kyriakidis, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrial systolic function; Dilated cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); SYSTOLE;

EID: 0032732790     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.1999.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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