Does acute-phase beta blockade reduce left atrial appendage function in patients with chronic nonvalvular atrial fibrillation?

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 194-199

  Bilge, Mehmet ^a   Güler, Niyazi ^a   Eryonucu, Beyhan ^a   Erkoç, Reha ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035286189     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2001.111157     Document Type: Article

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