Three-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of left atrial size and function and the normal range of asynchrony in healthy individuals;Evaluación de tamaño, función y rangos de normalidad de la asincronía de la aurícula izquierda en sujetos sanos mediante ecocardiografía tridimensional

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 816-819

  Azar, Francisco ^a   Pérez De Isla, Leopoldo ^a   Moreno, Mar ^b   Landaeta, Agustín ^a   Refoyo, Elena ^b   López Fernández, Teresa ^b   MacAya, Carlos ^a   Zamorano, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asynchrony; Left atrium; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RR INTERVAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 67749086349     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(09)71696-3     Document Type: Article

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