The left atrial appendage, a small, blind-ended structure: A review of its echocardiographic evaluation and its clinical role

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1853-1862

  Donal, Erwan ^a,d   Yamada, Hirotsugu ^b   Leclercq, Christophe ^a   Herpin, Daniel ^c  

^a RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Doppler; Left atrial appendage; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 24944538705     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.3.1853     Document Type: Article

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