Evaluation of atrial thrombus formation and atrial appendage function in patients with pacemaker by transesophageal echocardiography

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1251-1254

  Alizadeh, Abolfath ^a   Maleki, Majid ^a   Bassiri, Hossienali ^a   Alasti, Mohammad ^a   Emkanjoo, Zahra ^a   Haghjoo, Majid ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Bagherzadeh, Atallah ^a   Fazelifar, Amirfarjam ^a   Sadr Ameli, Mohammad A ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atrial thrombus; AV sequential pacing; Left atrial appendage flow velocity; Transesophageal echocardiography; Ventricular pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750711040     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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