Left atrial size and function by three-dimensional echocardiography to predict arrhythmia recurrence after first and repeated ablation of atrial fibrillation

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 515-522

  Montserrat, Sílvia ^a,b   Gabrielli, Luigi ^a,b,c   Borras, Roger ^a,b   Poyatos, Sílvia ^a,b   Berruezo, Antonio ^a,b   Bijnens, Bart ^a,b,d   Brugada, Josep ^a,b   Mont, Lluis ^a,b   Sitges, Marta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; atrial function; catheter ablation; predictors; three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ATRIAL EXPANSION INDEX; LEFT ATRIAL SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA; THERAPY EFFECT; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSOESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REOPERATION;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION;

EID: 84898850498     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet194     Document Type: Article

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