Atrial fibrillatory wall motion and degree of atrial remodeling in patients with atrial fibrillation: A tissue velocity imaging study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1374-1381

  De Vos, Cees B ^a   Pison, Laurent ^a   Pisters, Ron ^a   Schotten, Ulrich ^a   Cheriex, Emile C ^a   Prins, Martin H ^a   Delhaas, Tammo ^a   Crijns, Harry J G M ^a   Tieleman, Robert G ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Complex fractionated atrial electrograms; Echocardiography; Remodeling; Tissue velocity imaging

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HIS BUNDLE ELECTROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TISSUE VELOCITY IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT;

EID: 70450215221     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01628.x     Document Type: Article

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