Echocardiographic evidence of atrial myopathy in amyloidosis: A case report

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 303-305

  Dardas, P S ^a   Tsikaderis, D D ^a   Mezilis, N ^a   Geleris, P ^a   Boudoulas, H ^b  

^a St Lukas Hospital   (Greece)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Left atrial function

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS;

EID: 0036889046     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2002.0162     Document Type: Article

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