Left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in patients with rheumatic mitral valve stenosis in sinus rhythm: Relationship to mitral valve and left atrial measurements

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-68

  Agarwal, A K ^a   Venugopalan, P ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Left atrial area; Left atrial dimension; Mitral stenosis; Sinus rhythm; Spontaneous echo contrast

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035173553     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(00)00415-0     Document Type: Article

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