Left atrial mechanical function in patients with essential hypertension

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 323-327

  Erol, Mustafa Kemal ^a   Yilmaz, Mustafa ^a   Acikel, Mahmut ^a   Karakelleoglu, Sule ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Left atrial function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE;

EID: 0036792706     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.57.5.2005447     Document Type: Article

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