Mirror image atrial dilatation in adult patients with atrial fibrillation and congenital heart disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 816-820

  Bouchardy, Judith ^a   Marelli, Ariane J ^a   Martucci, Giuseppe ^a   Bottega, Natalie ^a   Therrien, Judith ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Congenital heart disease; Right atrial dilatation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; RIGHT ATRIAL DILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880918483     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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