Does chronic atrial fibrillation induce cardiac remodeling?

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-146

  Fuchs, Therese ^a,b   Baron, Elvera L ^c   Leitman, Marina ^a,b   Burgsdorf, Oleg ^a,b   Torjman, Amram ^d   Vered, Zvi ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d College of Management ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; diastolic function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHRONIC HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM REMODELLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SINUS RHYTHM; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIASTOLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84873739996     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12003     Document Type: Article

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