Clinical and echocardiographic correlates of intra-atrial conduction delay

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1681-1687

  Weijs, Bob ^a   De Vos, Cees B ^a   Tieleman, Robert G ^b   Pisters, Ron ^a   Cheriex, Emile C ^a   Prins, Martin H ^a   Crijns, Harry J G M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial; Conduction; Echocardiography; Hypertension; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; SOTALOL; STATIN; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81855168298     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur261     Document Type: Article

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