The importance of increased interatrial septal thickness in patients with atrial fibrillation: A transesophageal echocardiographic study

Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 408-414

  López Candales, Angel ^a   Grewal, Harpreet ^a   Katz, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Interatrial septal thickness; Left atria; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THICKNESS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 18744366652     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.04088.x     Document Type: Article

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