Association of follow-up change of left atrial appendage blood flow velocity with spontaneous echo contrast in nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 309-313

  Tsai, Liang Miin ^a   Chao, Ting Hsing ^a   Chen, Jyh Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrium; Fibrillation; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034001242     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.2.309     Document Type: Article

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