How should we measure left atrium size and function?

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 155-166

  Vizzardi, Enrico ^a   D'Aloia, Antonio ^a   Rocco, Elena ^a   Lupi, Laura ^a   Rovetta, Riccardo ^a   Quinzani, Filippo ^a   Bontempi, Luca ^a   Curnis, Antonio ^a   Dei Cas, Livio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

2D strain; Left atrium measurement; Tissue Doppler imaging; Velocity vector imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DISEASE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC VOLUME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858005854     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.21871     Document Type: Review

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