Comparison of tissue doppler dynamics with doppler flow in evaluating left atrial appendage function by transesophageal echocardiography in prehypertensive and hypertensive patients

Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 677-686

  Tenekeciòlu, Erhan ^a   Karabulut, Aziz ^a   Yilmaz, Mustafa ^b  

^a Batman State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Bursa Postgraduate Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

hypertension; left atrial appendage function; prehypertension; tissue Doppler imaging; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREHYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954556491     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.01102.x     Document Type: Article

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