Left atrial function assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography as a predictor of new-onset non-valvular atrial fibrillation: Results from a prospective study in 580 adults

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-250

  Hirose, Takeshi ^a   Kawasaki, Masanori ^b   Tanaka, Ryuhei ^a   Ono, Koji ^a   Watanabe, Takatomo ^b   Iwama, Makoto ^a   Noda, Toshiyuki ^a   Watanabe, Sachiro ^a   Takemura, Genzou ^b   Minatoguchi, Shinya ^b  

^a GIFU PREFECTURAL GIFU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial function; Velocity vector imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL EJECTION FRACTION; LEFT ATRIUM EMPTYING FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; STRAIN RATE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY VECTOR IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862753220     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer251     Document Type: Article

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