Open AccessAssessment of left atrial appendage function with transthoracic tissue Doppler echocardiography
Author(s) -
Scott Uretsky,
Ajay M. Shah,
Sripal Bangalore,
Louis Rosenberg,
Rawa Sarji,
Deborah Cantales,
D. Macmillan-Marotti,
Farooq A. Chaudhry,
Mark V. Sherrid
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jen339
Subject(s) - medicine , appendage , cardiology , atrial appendage , doppler effect , doppler echocardiography , radiology , atrial fibrillation , anatomy , diastole , sinus rhythm , blood pressure , physics , astronomy
A transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) parameter that would stratify atrial fibrillation (AF) risk would be useful. Tissue Doppler imaging can quantify left atrial appendage contraction velocity (LAA A(M)).
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