Prediction and assessment of the time-varying effective pulmonary vein area via cardiac MRI and Doppler echocardiography

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 1 57-1, 2005, Pages

  Bowman, Andrew W ^a   Kovács, Sándor J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Diastolic function; Left atrial conduit volume; Pulmonary vein flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN;

ADULT; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11144270992     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00713.2004     Document Type: Article

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