Left atrial wall thickness in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation by multislice-CT is initial marker of structural remodeling and predictor of transition from paroxysmal to chronic form

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-147

  Nakamura, Koki ^a   Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Uehara, Masae ^a   Ueda, Marehiko ^a   Murayama, Taichi ^a   Takaoka, Hiroyuki ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Initial marker; Left atrial wall thickness; Multislice CT; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Structural remodeling; Transition from paroxysmal to chronic form

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOMEGALY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79251540424     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.10.032     Document Type: Article

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