Increased Volume Reduction of Late Left-Atrial Emptying for Patients with Pseudonormal Mitral Inflow: An Analysis for Differentiation between Normal and Pseudonormal Mitral Inflow

Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 703-709

  Hung, Ming Jui ^a   Cherng, Wen Jin ^a   Cheng, Chi Wen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrium; Diastole; Echocardiography; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC VOLUME; COHORT STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0344686253     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2003.03007.x     Document Type: Article

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