Left Atrial Electromechanical Conduction Time Can Predict Six-Month Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm After Electrical Cardioversion in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation by Doppler Tissue Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-314

  Park, Seong Mi ^a   Kim, Yong Hyun ^a   Choi, Jong Il ^a   Pak, Hui Nam ^b   Kim, Young Hoon ^a   Shim, Wan Joo ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Electromechanical conduction time; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMECHANICAL CONDUCTION TIME; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; P WAVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77549085994     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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