Assessment of atrial electromechanical coupling and influential factors in nonrheumatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 74-78

  Cui, Qi Qiong ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b   Wang, Hu ^a   Sun, Xin ^a   Wang, Rong ^b   Yang, Huan Yi ^a   Meng, Xian Qiang ^a   Zhang, Yun ^b   Wang, Hao ^a  

^a FuWai Cardiovascular Hospital   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial electromechanical coupling; Doppler tissue imaging; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER TISSUE IMAGING; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; P WAVE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 39849106466     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20162     Document Type: Article

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