Diagnosis of asymptomatic atrial septal aneurysms using two-dimensional color Doppler and contrast transthoracic echocardiography

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 699-702

  Coşkun, Senol ^a   Sekuri, Cevad ^a   Bayturan, Özgür ^a   Yüksel, Hasan ^a   Saribülbül, Osman ^a   Bilge, Ali ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Echocardiography; Embolism

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; PALMITIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037496066     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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