Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography for the assessment of left atrial appendage size and blood flow velocity. A multicentre study

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-152

  Coletta, Claudio ^a   Infusino, Tommaso ^b   Sciarretta, Sebastiano ^b   Sestili, Augusto ^a   Trambaiolo, Paolo ^c   Cianfrocca, Cinzia ^d   De Marchis, Elettra ^a   Auriti, Antonio ^d   Salustri, Alessandro ^c  

^a SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^d SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Left atrial appendage; Transoesophageal echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38149042772     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3281053abd     Document Type: Article

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