Comparison of left atrial dimensions by transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 789-796

  Singh, Harshinder ^a,c   Jain, A C ^a   Bhumbla, D K ^b   Failinger, C ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Transesophageal echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVERSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646244048     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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