Electromechanical delay detected by tissue doppler echocardiography is associated with the frequency of attacks in patients with lone atrial fibrillation

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 138-143

  Çalik, Ali Nazmi ^a   Özcan, Kazim Serhan ^a   Çaǧdaş, Metin ^a   Güngör, Bariş ^a   Karaca, Gürkan ^a   Gürkan, Ufuk ^a   Yilmaz, Hale ^a   Bolca, Osman ^a  

^a Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electromechanical delay; Inter atrial conduction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; P WAVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TACHYCARDIA; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; ACTION POTENTIAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTOR; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84898666675     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: 1898018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.a2013.0106     Document Type: Article

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