Global left atrial strain in the prediction of sinus rhythm maintenance after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1184-1192

  Motoki, Hirohiko ^a   Negishi, Kazuaki ^a,b   Kusunose, Kenya ^a   Popović, Zoran B ^a   Bhargava, Mandeep ^a   Wazni, Oussama M ^a   Saliba, Walid I ^a   Chung, Mina K ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a,b   Klein, Allan L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial function; Catheter ablation; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHADS2 SCORE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIASTOLIC VELOCITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG MODULUS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84913600062     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.08.017     Document Type: Article

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