Prognostic value of exercise echocardiography in patients with atrial fibrillation

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 346-351

  Bouzas Mosquera, Alberto ^a   Peteiro, Jesús ^a   Broullón, Francisco J ^a   Álvarez García, Nemesio ^a   Mosquera, Victor X ^a   Rodríguez Vilela, Alejandro ^a   Casas, Sheyla ^a   Castro Beiras, Alfonso ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Prognosis; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77951989959     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep212     Document Type: Article

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