Mitral regurgitation protects from left atrial thrombogenesis in patients with mitral valve disease and atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11 II, 2000, Pages 1863-1866

  Kranidis, A ^a   Koulouris, S ^a   Filippatos, G ^a   Kappos, K ^a   Tsilias, K ^a   Karvounis, H ^a   Exadaktylos, N ^a  

^a NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial thrombus; Mitral regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033676471     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb07039.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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