Improvement of left atrial function and left atrial reverse remodeling after minimally invasive radiofrequency ablation evaluated by 2-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-77

  La Meir, Mark ^a,b   Gelsomino, Sandro ^a,c   Lucà, Fabiana ^a,c   Pison, Laurant ^a   Rao, Carmelo Massimiliano ^a,c   Wellens, Francis ^b   Maessen, Jos G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b University Hospital Center   (Belgium)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84879163573     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.05.068     Document Type: Article

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