Left atrial appendage flow in nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation: Relationship with pulmonary venous flow and ECG fibrillatory wave amplitude

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 485-492

  Bollmann, A ^a   Binias, K H ^a   Grothues, F ^a   Sonne, K ^a   Esperer, H D ^a   Nikutta, P ^a   Klein, H U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; ECG; Left atrial appendage function; Pulmonary venous flow; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG VEIN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035116531     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.2.485     Document Type: Article

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