Real-time Assessment of the Esophagus and Left Atrial Posterior Wall by Intra-left Atrial Echocardiography
Katsuhide Hayashi M.D., Ken Okumura M.D., Hideharu Okamatsu M.D., Shozo Kaneko M.D., Kodai Negishi M.D., Takuo Tsurugi M.D., Yasuaki Tanaka M.D., Koichi Nakao M.D., Tomohiro Sakamoto M.D., Junjiro Koyama M.D.
Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
A short title: Left atrial posterior wall by left atrial echo
Conflict of interest: Ken Okumura received honoraria from Johnson and Johnson and Medtronic; Others had none.
Funding: None
Word count for paper: 4516words; Number of tables: 3; Number of figures: 4
Address for correspondence: Ken Okumura, M.D., Ph.D.
Division of Cardiology
Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital Cardiovascular Center,
5-3-1 Chikami, Minami-ku, Kumamoto city
Kumamoto 861-4193, JAPAN
Email: okumura@hirosaki-u.ac.jp
Phone: +81 96 351 8000