Integrated backscatter assessment of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in chronic nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: Relation with clinical and echocardiographic parameters

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 666-673

  Ito, Takahide ^a   Suwa, Michihiro ^a   Kobashi, Ayaka ^a   Yagi, Hatsumi ^a   Nakamura, Tomomi ^a   Miyazaki, Sadae ^a   Kitaura, Yasushi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033915411     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2000.104739     Document Type: Article

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