Left atrial and left atrial appendage systolic function in patients with post-myocardial distal blocks

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 892-899

  Piotrowski, Grzegorz ^a   Szymanski, Piotr ^a   Banach, Maciej ^b   Piotrowska, Aneta ^b   Gawor, Rafal ^a   Rysz, Jacek ^b   Gawor, Zenon ^a  

^a M Kopernik Specialist District Hospital   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Distal blocks; Echocardiography; Left atrial appendage; Left atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ANTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78751482258     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2010.19298     Document Type: Article

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