Quantitative analysis of left atrial function in asymptomatic patients with b-thalassemia major using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography

Quantitative analysis of left atrial function in asymptomatic patients with b-thalassemia major using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is strong evidence that left atrial (LA) size is a prognostic marker in a variety of heart diseases. Recently, real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) has been reported as a useful tool for studying the phasic chan...

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Main Authors: Aggeli Constantina, Felekos Ioannis, Poulidakis Emmanuel, Aggelis Athanasios, Tousoulis Dimitrios, Stefanadis Christodoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Subjects:
Real-time 3D echocardiography
b-Thalassemia major
left atrial function
Online Access:http://www.cardiovascularultrasound.com/content/9/1/38

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