Left atrial systolic function assessed by left atrial ejection force in patients with sick sinus syndrome and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 723-731

  Tokushima, Takashi ^a   Utsunomiya, Toshinori ^a   Yoshida, Kazuyo ^a   Kido, Keiko ^a   Ogawa, Toshihiro ^a   Ryu, Toshihiro ^a   Ogata, Toru ^a   Tsuji, Shinsuke ^a   Matsuo, Shuzo ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Left atrial ejection force; Left atrial systolic function; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Sick sinus syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SYSTOLE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0034479584     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.41.723     Document Type: Article

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