Atrial dyssynchrony syndrome: An overlooked phenomenon and a potential cause of 'diastolic' heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248-258

  Eicher, Jean Christophe ^a   Laurent, Gabriel ^a   Mathé, Anaëlle ^a   Barthez, Olivier ^a   Bertaux, Géraldine ^a   Philip, Jean Luc ^a   Dorian, Paul ^b   Wolf, Jean Eric ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diastolic heart failure; Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; Interatrial block; Left atrial function

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL DYSSYNCHRONY SYNDROME; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM EMPTYING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERATRIAL CONDUCTION DELAY; LEFT ATRIOVENTRICULAR INTERVAL; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; P WAVE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE, DIASTOLIC; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84857578428     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr169     Document Type: Article

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