Strain rate imaging for noninvasive functional quantification of the left atrium in hypertensive patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-24

  Wang, Zhihao ^b   Tan, Hongwei ^b   Zhong, Ming ^b   Jiang, Guihua ^b   Zhang, Yun ^b   Zhang, Wei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Hypertension; Strain rate imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 36949024691     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000105322     Document Type: Article

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