Changes in left atrial mechanics following pericardiectomy for pericardial constriction

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 640-648

  Motoki, Hirohiko ^a   Alraies, M Chadi ^a   Dahiya, Arun ^a   Saraiva, Roberto M ^b   Hanna, Mazen ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^c   Klein, Allan L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constrictive Pericarditis; Left atrial function; Pericardiectomy; Speckle tracking echocardiography; Strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIECTOMY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84878282126     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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