Haematologic determinants of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in mitral stenosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 235-242

  Peverill, Roger E ^a   Graham, Richard ^a   Gelman, John ^a   Yates, Lynette A ^a   Harper, Richard W ^a   Smolich, Joseph J ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Left atrial spontaneous echo contrast; Mitral stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035667853     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(01)00572-1     Document Type: Article

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