Left atrial dysfunction in patients with atrial fibrillation after successful rhythm control for > 3 months

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2551-2556

  Wang, Yi Chih ^a   Lin, Jiunn Lee ^a   Hwang, Juey Jen ^a   Lin, Mao Shin ^a   Tseng, Chuen Den ^a   Huang, Shoei K Stephen ^a   Lai, Ling Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Embolization; Left atrium; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 27144558250     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2551     Document Type: Article

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