Left atrial size and function as predictors of new-onset of atrial fibrillation in patients with asymptomatic aortic stenosis: The simvastatin and ezetimibe in aortic stenosis study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2322-2327

  Bang, Casper N ^a   Dalsgaard, Morten ^a   Greve, Anders M ^a,b   Køber, Lars ^a   Gohlke Baerwolf, Christa ^c   Ray, Simon ^d   Rossebø, Anne B ^e   Egstrup, Kenneth ^f   Wachtell, Kristian ^a,b  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f SVENDBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Left atrial volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVE AREA INDEX; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART SIZE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIMVASTATIN AND EZETIMIBE IN AORTIC STENOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AZETIDINE DERIVATIVE; EZETIMIBE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; AZETIDINES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SIMVASTATIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885666374     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.060     Document Type: Article

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