Comparison of left atrial dimensions by transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-149

  Block, Matthew ^a   Hourigan, Lisa ^c   Bellows, Wayne H ^d   Reeves, John ^d   Romson, Joseph L ^d   Tran, Michael ^a   Pastor, Darwin ^b   Schiller, Nelson B ^c   Leung, Jacqueline M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lieberman: Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036481458     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.121399     Document Type: Article

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