Right atrial function: Still underestimated in clinical cardiology

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 711-712

  Baur, L H B ^a,b  

^a Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; P WAVE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 51049092120     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9322-4     Document Type: Editorial

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