Speckle echocardiographic left atrial strain and stiffness index as predictors of maintenance of sinus rhythm after cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: A prospective study

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Shaikh, Amir Y ^a   Maan, Abhishek ^a   Khan, Umar A ^a   Aurigemma, Gerard P ^a   Hill, Jeffrey C ^b   Kane, Jennifer L ^a   Tighe, Dennis A ^a   Mick, Eric ^a   McManus, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Sanford Brown College of Boston   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Echocardiography; Stiffness; Strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEFT ATRIAL STIFFNESS; LEFT ATRIAL STRAIN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SPECKLE TRACKING IMAGING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870302035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-10-48     Document Type: Article

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