Assessment of atrial electromechanical coupling characteristics and P-wave dispersion in patients with atrial septal aneurysm

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 385-388

  Demir, Mehmet ^a   Demir, Canan ^a  

^a Bilecik State Hospital Cardiology Department   (Turkey)

Author keywords

atrial septal aneurysm; doppler tissue imaging; P wave dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM; ATRIAL SEPTUM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957455439     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31821a0b0e     Document Type: Article

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