Left atrium: No longer neglected

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 881-885

  Rossi, Andrea ^a,b   Vassanelli, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Left atrium; Mitral regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33644804348     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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