Assessment of left atrial volume and function by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-161

  Anwar, Ashraf M ^a,b   Soliman, Osama I I ^a,b   Geleijnse, Marcel L ^a   Nemes, Attila ^a,c   Vletter, Wim B ^a   ten Cate, Folkert J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b El Hussein University Hospital   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Left atrial function; Left atrial volume; Real time three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTIVE ATRIAL EMPTYING FRACTION; ACTIVE ATRIAL STROKE VOLUME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL EXPANSION INDEX; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME; HEART SIZE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PASSIVE ATRIAL EMPTYING FRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TOTAL ATRIAL EMPTYING FRACTION; TOTAL ATRIAL STROKE VOLUME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37049002647     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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