Higher degree of left atrial structural remodeling in patients with atrial fibrillation and left ventricular systolic dysfunction

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 485-491

  Akkaya, Mehmet ^a   Higuchi, Koji ^a   Koopmann, Matthias ^a   Damal, Kavitha ^a   Burgon, Nathan S ^a   Kholmovski, Eugene ^a   McGann, Chris ^a   Marrouche, Nassir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial structural remodeling; cardiac MRI; catheter ablation; heart failure; left ventricular ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84876890818     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12090     Document Type: Article

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