Pulmonary venous flow reversal and its relationship to atrial mechanical function in normal subjects - Umeå General Population Heart Study

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-116

  Bukachi, Frederick ^a   Waldenstrom A ^a   Morner S ^a   Lindqvist, P ^a   Henein, M Y ^b   Kazzam, E ^a,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Ageing; Atrial contraction; Echocardiography; Electromechanical function

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; P WAVE; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RR INTERVAL; TIME; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 14744294976     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2004.07.009     Document Type: Article

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