Left atrial volume combined with atrial pump function identifies hypertensive patients with a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Hypertension

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1150-1156

  Toh, Norihisa ^a   Kanzaki, Hideaki ^a   Nakatani, Satoshi ^a   Ohara, Takahiro ^a   Kim, Jiyoong ^a   Kusano, Kengo F ^b   Hashimura, Kazuhiko ^a   Ohe, Tohru ^c   Ito, Hiroshi ^b   Kitakaze, Masafumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c THE SAKAKIBARA HEART INSTITUTE OF OKAYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Hypertension; Left atrium; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BETA RHYTHM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SYSTOLE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77951493485     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.137760     Document Type: Article

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