The relation between transmitral early filling wave deceleration time and the recovery of atrial contractility after electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 151-157

  Akyürek, Ömer ^a,c   Diker, Erdem ^b   Dinçer, Irem ^a   Kiliçkap, Mustafa ^a   Kumbasar, Deniz ^a   Erol, Çetin ^a   Oral, Derviş ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Sancak Mahallesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial mechanical function; Cardioversion; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0034913137     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(01)00411-9     Document Type: Article

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