Interatrial septal mobility predicts larger shunts across patent foramen ovales: An analysis with transmitral Doppler scanning

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 730-736

  Fox, Ervin R ^a   Picard, Michael H ^a   Chow, Chi Ming ^a   Levine, Robert A ^a   Schwamm, Lee ^a   Kerr, Andrew J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0037383973     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.5     Document Type: Article

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