A prospective transesophageal echocardiographic study to assess a new type of left atrial spontaneous contrast at rest and during respiratory manoeuvres

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1217-1222

  Kim, H Hyung ^a   Tam, James W ^a   Chan, Kwan Leung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrium; Contrast media; Echocardiography; Valsalva

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; REST; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VALVE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; COUGH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REST; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0033458937     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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