Morphological features of the P-waves at surface electrocardiogram as surrogate to mechanical function of the left atrium following a successful modified maze procedure

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 578-586

  Buber, Jonathan ^a,b   Luria, David ^a,b   Sternik, Leonid ^a,b   Kuperstein, Rafael ^a,b   Grupper, Avishay ^a,b   Goldenberg, Ilan ^a,b   Raanani, Ehud ^a,b   Feinberg, Micha S ^a,b   Nof, Eyal ^a,b   Eldar, Michael ^a,b   Glikson, Michael ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Left atrial activity; P waves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIUM MECHANICAL CONTRACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAZE OPERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; P WAVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CONTRACTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURGERY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898876743     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut248     Document Type: Article

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