The significance of the left atrial volume index in cardioversion success and its relationship with recurrence in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation subjected to electrical cardioversion: A study on diagnostic accuracy;Elektriksel kardiyoversiyon planlanan valvüler olmayan atriyal fibrilasyonlu hastalarda sol atriyum volüm indeksinin kardiyoversiyon başarısı ve erken dönem atriyal fibrilasyon tekrarı ile ilişkisi; bir tanısal doǧruluk çalışması

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-25

  Akdemir, Bariş ^a   Emre Altekin, Refik ^b   Küçük, Murathan ^b   Yanikoǧlu, Atakan ^b   Serkan Karakaş, Mustafa ^c   Aktaş, Anil ^b   Demir, Ibrahim ^b   Ermiş, Cengiz ^b  

^a Burdur State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Nigde State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Diagnostic accuracy; Left atrial volume index; Regression analysis; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PROPAFENONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERO POSTERIOR LEFT ATRIAL DIMENSION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVERSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME INDEX; LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON VALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84874635124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13080032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/akd.2013.003     Document Type: Article

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