Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 4 , Pages 344-350 , July 2010

Assessment of atrial electromechanical delay by tissue Doppler echocardiography in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

  • Selcuk Pala, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Kartal Kosuyou Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Kursat Tigen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Kartal Kosuyou Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cardiology Division, Kartal Kosuyou Heart and Research Hospital, Kartal Koşuyolu Kalp Egt. ve Arst. Hastanesi, Denizer Cad. Cevizli, Kartal, Istanbul, Türkiye.
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  • Tansu Karaahmet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Kartal Kosuyou Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Cihan Dundar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Kartal Kosuyou Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Alev Kilicgedik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Kartal Kosuyou Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Ahmet Güler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Kartal Kosuyou Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Cihan Cevik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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  • Cevat Kirma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Kartal Kosuyou Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Yelda Basaran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Marmara University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 8 September 2009

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☆ There is no conflict of interest to be declared in this work.

PII: S0022-0736(09)00599-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.11.004

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 4 , Pages 344-350 , July 2010

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