Identification of good responders to rhythm control of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography: Critical role of atrial substrate remodeling

Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 202-209

  Wang, Yi Chih ^a   Lin, Lung Chun ^a   Lin, Mao Shin ^a   Lai, Ling Ping ^a,b   Hwang, Juey Jen ^a   Tseng, Yung Zu ^a   Tseng, Chuen Den ^a   Lin, Jiunn Lee ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage; Left atrial volume

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 26044454338     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088174     Document Type: Article

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