Intra-left atrial mechanical delay detected by tissue doppler echocardiography can be a useful marker for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 779-784

  Deniz, Ali ^a   Yavuz, Bunyamin ^b   Aytemir, Kudret ^c   Hayran, Mutlu ^c   Kose, Sedat ^d   Okutucu, Sercan ^c   Tokgozoglu, Lale ^c   Kabakci, Giray ^c   Oto, Ali ^c  

^a Ulus Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Kecioren Teaching and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Interatrial mechanical delay; Intraatrial mechanical delay; P wave dispersion; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 68749104991     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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