The use of anatomic M-mode echocardiography to determine the left atrial appendage functions in patients with sinus rhythm

Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-103

  Gurlertop, Yekta ^a,b   Yilmaz, Mustafa ^a   Acikel, Mahmut ^a   Bozkurt, Engin ^a   Erol, M Kemal ^a   Gundogdu, Fuat ^a   Senocak, Huseyin ^a   Atesal, Sebahattin ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomic M mode echocardiography; Left atrial appendage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMIC M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE EJECTION FRACTION; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE FRACTIONAL SHORTENING; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 13444303993     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2005.03131.x     Document Type: Article

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