Electric dissociation within left atrial appendage diagnosed by Doppler echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1077-1079

  Naqvi, Tasneem Z ^a   Zaky, Joseph ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 4644324190     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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