Left atrial appendage function in patients with cardioembolic stroke in sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 661-665

  Özer, Necla ^a   Tokgözoglu, Lale ^a   Övünç, Kenan ^a   Kabakçi, Giray ^a   Aksöyek, Serdar ^a   Aytemir, Kudret ^a   Kes, Sirri ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE;

EID: 0343517071     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2000.105629     Document Type: Article

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