Enhanced left atrial reservoir, increased conduit, and weakened booster pump function in hypertensive patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Hypertension Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-400

  Cui, Qiqiong ^a   Wang, Hu ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b   Wang, Hao ^a   Sun, Xin ^a   Zhang, Yun ^b   Yang, Huanyi ^a  

^a FuWai Cardiovascular Hospital   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial function; Hypertension; Left atrial; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 42649138618     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.31.395     Document Type: Article

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