Impact of left atrial appendage exclusion on left atrial function

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 174-181

  Kamohara, Keiji ^a   Popović, Zoran B ^a   Daimon, Masao ^a   Martin, Maureen ^a   Ootaki, Yoshio ^a   Akiyama, Masatoshi ^a   Zahr, Firas ^a   Cingoz, Faruk ^a   Ootaki, Chiyo ^a   Kopcak Jr , Michael W ^a   Dessoffy, Raymond ^a   Liu, Jenny ^a   Thomas, James D ^a   Gillinov, A Marc ^a   Fukamachi, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOG; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM APPENDAGE EXCLUSION; HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845788064     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.08.057     Document Type: Article

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