Transthoracic Doppler echocardiographic measurement of left atrial appendage blood flow velocity: Comparison with transoesophageal measurement

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-195

  Fukuda, Nobuo ^a   Shinohara, H ^a   Sakabe, K ^a   Onose, Y ^a   Nada, T ^a   Tamura, Y ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Left Atrial appendage flow velocity; Transoesophageal echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0041911001     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-2167(02)00166-X     Document Type: Article

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