Atrial strain rate echocardiography can predict success or failure of cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: A combined transthoracic tissue Doppler and transoesophageal imaging study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-209

  Wang, Tian ^a   Wang, Mei ^a   Fung, Jeffrey W H ^a   Yip, Gabriel W K ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Ho, Pearl P Y ^a   Tse, Deco M K ^a   Yu, Cheuk Man ^a   Sanderson, John E ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33751335022     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.01.051     Document Type: Article

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