The time interval from the initiation of the P-wave to the start of left atrial appendage ejection flow: Does it reflect interatrial conduction time?

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 810-815

  Karaca, Mustafa ^a   Kinay, Ozan ^b   Nazli, Cem ^b   Biceroglu, Serdar ^a   Vatansever, Fahriye ^b   Ergene, A Oktay ^b  

^a Atakalp Kalp Hastaliklari Hastanesi Kahramanlar   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Interatrial conduction time; Tranesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; P WAVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548363882     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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