Assessment of atrial electromechanical coupling characteristics in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 549-557

  Acar, Gurkan ^a   Sayarlioglu, Mehmet ^a   Akcay, Ahmet ^a   Sokmen, Abdullah ^a   Sokmen, Gulizar ^a   Altun, Burak ^a   Nacar, Alper Bugra ^a   Gunduz, Mehmet ^a   Tuncer, Cemal ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial electromechanical coupling; Doppler tissue imaging

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISPERSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 65349168873     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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