Validation of echocardiographic left atrial parameters in atrial fibrillation using the index beat of preceding cardiac cycles of equal duration

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1141-1147

  Govindan, Malini ^a   Kiotsekoglou, Anatoli ^a   Saha, Samir K ^b   Borgulya, Gabor ^a   Bajpai, Abhay ^a   Bijnens, Bart H ^c   Sagnella, Giuseppe ^a   Camm, John A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Left atrial function; RR intervals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INDEX; HEART INDEX BEAT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM FUNCTIONAL INDEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 80052963108     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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