Disparities in emptying velocity within the left atrial appendage

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-295

  Goldberg, Ythan H ^a   Gordon, Sanford C ^b   Spevack, Daniel M ^a   Gordon, Garet M ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial function; Left atrial appendage; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMPTYING VELOCITY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGED; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 77951096518     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep216     Document Type: Article

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