Left atrial appendage: Morphology and function in patients with paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 935-944

  Park, Hwan Cheol ^a   Shin, Jinho ^a   Ban, Ji Eun ^b   Choi, Jong Il ^b   Park, Sang Weon ^b   Kim, Young Hoon ^b  

^a Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; LA (left atrium) angiography; Left atrial appendage; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; AGE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877922893     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0161-y     Document Type: Article

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