Changes in regional left atrial function with aging: Evaluation by doppler tissue imaging

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 92-100

  Thomas, L ^a   Levett, K ^a   Boyd, A ^a   Leung, D Y C ^b   Schiller, N B ^c   Ross, D L ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Atrial function; Doppler tissue imaging; Echocardiography; Segmental atrial contraction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038634641     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2002.0622     Document Type: Article

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