Changes in left atrial size in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation: A prospective echocardiographic study with a 5-year follow-up period

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-52

  Wozakowska Kapłon, Beata ^a,b  

^a Regional District Hospital   (Poland)

^b Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii Poland   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Follow up study; Left atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 18144392998     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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