Assessment of atrial synchrony in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and impact of pulmonary vein isolation for atrial dyssynchrony and global strain by three-dimensional strain echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1193-1199

  Kobayashi, Yukari ^a   Okura, Hiroyuki ^b   Kobayashi, Yuhei ^a   Okawa, Keisuke ^a   Banba, Kimikazu ^a   Hirohata, Atsushi ^a   Tamada, Tomoko ^b   Obase, Kikuko ^b   Hayashida, Akihiro ^b   Yoshida, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a THE SAKAKIBARA HEART INSTITUTE OF OKAYAMA   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrium; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM EMPTYING FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME INDEX; HUMAN; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; STANDARD DEVIATION OF TIME TO PEAK STRAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84913554972     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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