Does the E/e′ index predict the maintenance of sinus rhythm after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation?

Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 630-636

  Li, Chen ^a   Ding, Xunshi ^a   Zhang, Juqian ^a   Zhou, Can ^a   Chen, Yu ^a   Rao, Li ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; diastolic dysfunction; echocardiography; tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77954549715     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.01123.x     Document Type: Article

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