Left atrium as a dynamic three-dimensional entity: Implications for echocardiographic assessment;La aurícula izquierda como entidad tridimensional dinámica: consecuencias para la evaluación ecocardiográfica

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-4

  Badano, Luigi P ^a   Nour, Angelica ^b   Muraru, Denisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; REVIEW;

EID: 84871788529     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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