Fibrillatory wave amplitude as a marker of left atrial and left atrial appendage function, and a predictor of thromboembolic risk in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 179-186

  Mutlu, Bülent ^a   Karabulut, Mustafa ^a   Eroglu, Elif ^a   Tigen, Kürsat ^a   Bayrak, Fatih ^a   Fotbolcu, Hakan ^a   Basaran, Yelda ^a  

^a KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; F wave amplitude; Mitral stenosis; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRILLATORY WAVE AMPLITUDE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE FUNCTION; MEAN TRANSMITRAL GRADIENT; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PEAK TRANSMITRAL GRADIENT; PREVALENCE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

EID: 1642379664     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(03)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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