Clinical implications of left atrial function assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography

Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 104-112

  Yuda, Satoshi ^a   Muranaka, Atsuko ^a   Miura, Tetsuji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial function; Echocardiography; Left atrium; Speckle tracking; Strain imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MECHANICS; MITRAL VALVE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QRS COMPLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84960194201     PISSN: 13490222     EISSN: 1880344X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12574-016-0283-7     Document Type: Article

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