Anatomy of the left atrium for interventional echocardiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Ho, Siew Yen ^a   McCarthy, Karen P ^a   Faletra, Francesco F ^b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84856393271     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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