Left atrial size: Renewed interest in an old echocardiographic measurement

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-196

  Gottdiener, John S ^a,b  

^a State University of New York School ^*

^b ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0842325910     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.08.002     Document Type: Editorial

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