Echocardiography for left atrial appendage structure and function

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 469-475

  Bansal, Manish ^a   Kasliwal, Ravi R ^a  

^a MEDANTA THE MEDICITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVERSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; PREDICTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870755091     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2012.07.020     Document Type: Editorial

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