Left atrial ejection force (LAEF) in patients with hypertension: LAEF is decreased in hypertensive patients with left ventricular failure or atrial fibrillation

Journal of Clinical and Basic Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-240

  Inoue, J ^a   Utsunomiya, Toshinori ^b   Tokushima, T ^b   Ohtsubo, Y ^b   Yoshida, K ^b   Ogata, T ^b   Tsuji, S ^b  

^a Saga Social Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Congestive heart failure; Hypertension; Left atrial contraction; Left atrial ejection force

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036919911     PISSN: 15612775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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