Evaluation of left atrial function by the functional volume change curve derived from Doppler flow spectra

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 953-957

  Nakao, F ^a   Wasaki, Y ^a   Kimura, M ^a   Iwami, T ^a   Iida, H ^a   Wakeyama, T ^a   Miura, T ^a   Ogawa, H ^a   Matsuzaki, M ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Left atrial function; Left ventricular diastolic function; Volume curve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CONGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034756250     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.65.953     Document Type: Article

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