Left atrial appendage-flow velocity predicts cardioversion success in atrial fibrillation

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-250

  Akdeniz, Bahri ^a   Badak, Özer ^a   Bariş, Nezihi ^a   Aslan, Özgür ^a   Kirimli, Önder ^a   Göldeli, Özhan ^a   Güneri, Sema ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Left atrial appendage (LAA) function

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ENOXAPARIN; PROPAFENONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644506484     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.208.243     Document Type: Article

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