STABILITY OF LEFT ATRIAL SPONTANEOUS ECHO CONTRAST AT REPEAT TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL-STENOSIS

Authors
PEVERILL RE GELMAN J HARPER RW SMOLICH JJ
Citation
Re. Peverill et al., STABILITY OF LEFT ATRIAL SPONTANEOUS ECHO CONTRAST AT REPEAT TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL-STENOSIS, The American journal of cardiology, 79(4), 1997, pp. 516
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:4<516:SOLASE>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We evaluated the stability of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in 25 patients with mitral stenosis who underwent repeat transesophageal echocardiography over periods ranging from 1 month to 3 years. Left a trial Spontaneous echo contrast did not disappear or decrease in sever ity in any patient and was unchanged in 88% of patients.