Analysis of left atrial volume change rate for evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function

Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 593-601

  Hung, Ming Jui ^a,b   Cherng, Wen Jin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrium; Diastole; Echocardiography; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC VOLUME; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 7044220329     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2004.03154.x     Document Type: Article

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