Relation of left atrial ejection force to left ventricular function in arterial hypertension;Relation entre la force d'ejection auriculaire gauche et la fonction ventriculaire gauche au cours de I'hypertension arterielle

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 971-974

  Qirko, S ^b   Goda, T ^b   Rroku, L I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032808695     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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