Left atrium function assessment by echocardiography-physiological and clinical implications

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 152-159

  Lupu, Silvia ^a   Mitre, Adriana ^a   Dobreanu, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Dimensions; Left atrium; Two dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84898929930     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11152/mu.201.3.2066.162.sl1am2     Document Type: Review

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