Systolic tissue velocity is a useful echocardiographic parameter in assessment of left atrial appendage function in patients with mitral stenosis

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 816-822

  Çayli, Murat ^a   Acartürk, Esmeray ^a   Demir, Mesut ^a   Kanadaşi, Mehmet ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Left atrial appendage systolic velocity; Mitral stenosis; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ROC CURVE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 34548314265     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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