The association between atrium electromechanical interval and pericardial fat

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Chao, Tze Fan ^a,b   Lai, Yau Huei ^c,d   Yun, Chun Ho ^c   Yen, Chih Hsuan ^c,d   Wang, Kang Ling ^a,b   Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a,b   Chang, Shih Lin ^a,b   Lo, Li Wei ^a,b   Hu, Yu Feng ^a,b   Hung, Chung Lieh ^c,d   Kuo, Jen Yuan ^c,d   Yeh, Hung I ^c,d   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROMECHANICAL INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; P WAVE; PERICARDIAL FAT; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTION; PULSE WAVE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84901313181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097472     Document Type: Article

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