Propagation of Mitral Valve Closure Flow to the Pulmonary Vein: Its Clinical Relevance to Left Atrial Compliance in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-14

  Ono, Miwa ^a   Nakatani, Satoshi ^a   Hirooka, Keiji ^a   Yamagishi, Masakazu ^a   Miyatake, Kunio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

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EID: 85023874391     PISSN: 13490222     EISSN: 1880344X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2303/jecho.1.8     Document Type: Article

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