Left ventricular diastolic function is closely associated with mechanical function of the left atrium in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 697-704

  Lee, Jihei Sara ^a   Shim, Chi Young ^a   Wi, Jin ^a   Joung, Boyoung ^a   Ha, Jong Won ^a   Lee, Moon Hyoung ^a   Pak, Hui Nam ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Diastolic function; Electroanatomical remodeling; Left atrium; Left ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIUM APPENDAGE FLOW VELOCITY; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84874442230     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-1009     Document Type: Article

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