Evaluation of left atrial size in patients with atrial arrhythmias: Comparison of standard 2D versus real time 3D echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 960-966

  Müller, Hajo ^a   Burri, Haran ^a   Shah, Dipen ^a   Lerch, René ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial volume; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34748911233     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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