Left atrial speckle tracking analysis in patients with mitral insufficiency and history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1663-1670

  Cameli, Matteo ^a,b   Lisi, Matteo ^a   Righini, Francesca Maria ^a   Focardi, Marta ^a   Alfieri, Ottavio ^c   Mondillo, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left atrial function; Mitral regurgitation; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84870455074     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9987-y     Document Type: Article

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