Pre-operative left atrial strain predicts post-operative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 279-286

  Cameli, Matteo ^a   Lisi, Matteo ^a   Reccia, Rosanna ^a   Bennati, Elena ^a   Malandrino, Angela ^a   Solari, Marco ^a   Bigio, Elisa ^a   Biagioli, Bonizella ^a   Righini, Francesca Maria ^a   Maccherini, Massimo ^a   Chiavarelli, Mario ^a   Henein, Michael ^b   Mondillo, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial strain; Echocardiography; Speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVERSION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK ATRIAL LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899082908     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-013-0323-6     Document Type: Article

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