Atrial dysfunction and interatrial dyssynchrony predict atrial high rate episodes: Insight into the distinct effects of right atrial appendage pacing

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 384-390

  Xie, Jun Min ^a   Fang, Fang ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a,b   Chan, Joseph Y S ^a   Yip, Gabriel W K ^a   Sanderson, John E ^a   Lam, Yat Yin ^a   Yan, Bryan P Y ^a   Yu, Cheuk Man ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial high rate episode; dyssynchrony; echocardiography; pacing

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; DUAL CHAMBER PACEMAKER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERATRIAL DYSSYNCHRONY; INTRAATRIAL DYSSYNCHRONY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860126208     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02210.x     Document Type: Article

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