Characterization of the Left Atrial Vortex Flow by Two-Dimensional Transesophageal Contrast Echocardiography Using Particle Image Velocimetry

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-71

  Park, Kyu Hwan ^a   Son, Jang Won ^a   Park, Won Jong ^a   Lee, Sang Hee ^a   Kim, Ung ^a   Park, Jong Seon ^a   Shin, Dong Gu ^a   Kim, Young Jo ^a   Choi, Jung Hyun ^b   Houle, Helene ^c   Vannan, Mani A ^d   Hong, Geu Ru ^e  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d PIEDMONT HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Contrast echocardiography; Left atrium; Vortex

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW VISUALIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANTI-COAGULATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL INVESTIGATION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUPS; FLOW ANALYSIS; IN-CONTROL; LEFT ATRIUMS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PULSATILITY; RELATIVE STRENGTH; VECTOR PARTICLES; VELOCITY VECTORS; VORTEX PARAMETERS;

VORTEX FLOW;

PERFLUTREN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VORTEX FLOW; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL TRANSESOPHAGEAL CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VORTEX MOTION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 84870321687     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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