The fibrillating atrial myocardium visualized: An unexploited source of information

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1247-1248

  de Vos, Cees B ^a   Crijns, Harry J G M ^a   Tieleman, Robert G ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Contractility; Echocardiography; Remodeling; Tissue Doppler imaging; Tissue velocity imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; VELOCITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 67650732057     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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