Investigation of the atrial electromechanical delay duration in Behcet patients by tissue Doppler echocardiography

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-256

  Karabag, Turgut ^a   Aydin, Mustafa ^a   Dogan, Sait M ^a   Koca, Rafet ^a   Buyukuysal, Cagatay ^a   Sayin, Muhammet R ^a   Yavuz, Nesimi ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial electromechanical delay; Behcet's disease; P wave dispersion; Subclinical cardiac involvement

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL ULCER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LATERAL MITRAL ANNULUS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MOUTH ULCER; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT VENTRICULAR TRICUSPID ANNULUS; SEPTAL MITRAL ANNULUS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TEST; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BEHCET SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84863850564     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer227     Document Type: Article

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