Right and left atrial appendage function in patients with mitral stenosis and sinus rhythm

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-370

  Cianciulli, Tomás F ^a   Saccheri, María C ^a   Lax, Jorge A ^a   Bermann, Alejandra M ^a   Méndez, Ricardo J ^a   Guerra, Juan E ^a   Redruello, Héctor J ^a   Dorelle, Adriana N ^a   Prezioso, Horacio A ^a   Vidal, Luis A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Doppler tissue imaging; Left atrial appendage; Mitral stenosis and sinus rhythm; Normal subjects; Right atrial appendage; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREVALENCE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63449120116     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-009-9430-9     Document Type: Article

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