Left atrial stiffness relates to left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and recurrence after pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 999-1006

  MacHino Ohtsuka, Tomoko ^a   Seo, Yoshihiro ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Ishizu, Tomoko ^a   MacHino, Takeshi ^a   Yamasaki, Hiro ^a   Igarashi, Miyako ^a   Xu, Dongzhu ^a   Sekiguchi, Yukio ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; echocardiography; left atrial function; pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 3 AMINOPROPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM STIFFNESS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80052823536     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02049.x     Document Type: Article

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