Relationship of left atrial appendage function to left ventricular function

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 293-298

  Mahilmaran, Asha ^a,b   Nayar, Pradeep G ^a   Sudarsana, G ^a   Abraham, Kurudammanil ^a  

^a Southern Railway Hospital India   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left atrial appendage; Left ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 9244219569     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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