Impaired transport function of the left atrium in patients with lone paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-51

  Shin, Seung Yong ^a   Lim, Hong Euy ^a   Choi, Un Jung ^a   Choi, Cheol Ung ^a   Kim, Seong Hwan ^a   Kim, Jin Won ^a   Kim, Eung Ju ^a   Rha, Seung Woon ^a   Park, Chang Gyu ^a   Seo, Hong Seog ^a   Oh, Dong Joo ^a   Shin, Chol ^b   Kim, Young Hoon ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; left atrium; remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LONE PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79251506337     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01271.x     Document Type: Article

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