Atrial asynchrony and function before and after electrical cardioversion for persistent atrial fibrillation

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 577-583

  Dell'Era, Gabriele ^a   Rondano, Elisa ^a   Franchi, Elena ^a   Marino, Paolo N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial remodelling; Speckle tracking echocardiography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGED; CARDIOVERSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77955453712     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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