Left atrial appendage function in patients with systemic embolism in spite of in sinus rhythm

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-214

  Okamoto, Mitsunori ^a   Fujii, Yuichi ^a   Makita, Yuko ^a   Kajihara, Kenta ^a   Yamasaki, Sumie ^a   Iwamoto, Akimichi ^a   Hashimoto, Masaki ^a   Sueda, Takashi ^a   Yoshida, Naoyasu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINOATRIAL NODE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 31944432342     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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