Acute improvement of atrial mechanical stunning after electrical cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation: Comparison between biatrial and single atrial pacing

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-63

  Takagi, Masahika ^a   Doi, A ^a   Shirai, N ^a   Hirata, K ^a   Takemoto, Y ^a   Takeuchi, K ^a   Yoshikawa, J ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL MECHANICAL PACING; ATRIAL MECHANICAL STUNNING; BIATRIAL PACING; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE EMPTYING FRACTION; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE EMPTYING VELOCITY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUS RHYTHM; SPONTANEOUS ECHO CONTRAST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSMITRAL INFLOW VELOCITY OF THE ATRIAL WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING;

EID: 10844233064     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.032334     Document Type: Article

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