Comparison of tissue Doppler dynamics to Doppler flow in evaluating left atrial appendage function by transesophageal echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1011-1014

  Parvathaneni, Lakshmi ^a   Mahenthiran, Jo ^a   Jacob, Sony ^a   Foltz, Judy ^a   Gill, William J ^a   Ghumman, Waqas ^a   Gradus Pizlo, Irmina ^a   Feigenbaum, Harvey ^a   Sawada, Stephen G ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 16844373277     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.12.052     Document Type: Article

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