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

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 617-623

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

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Right atrial volume; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 45549095471     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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