Augmentation of pulmonary vein backflow velocity during left atrial contraction: A novel phenomenon responsible for progression of atrial fibrillation in hypertensive patients

Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-40

  Maruyama, Toru ^a   Kishikawa, Toshisuke ^a   Ito, Hiroyuki ^a   Kaji, Yoshikazu ^a   Sasaki, Yasushi ^b   Ishihara, Yasushi ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA WAJIRO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Ishihara Cardiovascular Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Hypertension; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DISOPYRAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VENOUS REFLUX;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 36949022694     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000105324     Document Type: Article

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