Comparison of Left Atrial Volumes and Function by Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in Patients Having Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation With Persistence of Sinus Rhythm Versus Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation Three Months Later

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 847-853

  Marsan, Nina Ajmone ^a,b   Tops, Laurens F ^a   Holman, Eduard R ^a   Van de Veire, Nico R ^c   Zeppenfeld, Katja ^a   Boersma, Eric ^d   van der Wall, Ernst E ^a,e   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54549104879     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.05.048     Document Type: Article

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