Role of transthoracic left atrial appendage wall motion velocity in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and a low CHADS2 score

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 310-315

  Yoshida, Naoyasu ^a   Okamoto, Mitsunori ^a   Hirao, Hidekazu ^a   Nanba, Kiyomi ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroki ^a   Matsumura, Hiroya ^a   Fukuda, Yukihiro ^a   Ueda, Hironori ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cerebral embolism; CHADS2 score; Left atrial function; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOGENESIS; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84866556597     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: 18764738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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