Elevated left ventricular filling pressure estimated by E/E' ratio after exercise predicts development of new-onset atrial fibrillation independently of left atrial enlargement among elderly patients without obvious myocardial ischemia

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 128-133

  Takagi, Tsutomu ^a   Takagi, Atsushi ^b   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^c  

^a Takagi Cardiology Clinic   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nishinomiya Watanabe Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Diastolic function; Doppler echocardiography; Exercise stress echocardiography; Tissue Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIASTOLIC FUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOMEGALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84893811352     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: 18764738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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