Left atrial global and regional function in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation has already been impaired before enlargement of left atrium: Velocity vector imaging echocardiography study

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-234

  Kojima, Tai ^a   Kawasaki, Masanori ^b   Tanaka, Ryuhei ^a   Ono, Koji ^a   Hirose, Takeshi ^a   Iwama, Makoto ^a   Watanabe, Takatomo ^b   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; Transthoracic echocardiography; Velocity vector imaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; VELOCITY VECTOR IMAGING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84863817718     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer281     Document Type: Article

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