Interatrial septal thickness as a marker of structural and functional remodeling of the left atrium in patients with atrial fibrillation

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 808-820

  Lim, Hong Euy ^a   Na, Jin Oh ^a   Im, Sung Il ^a   Choi, Cheol Ung ^a   Kim, Seong Hwan ^b   Kim, Jin Won ^a   Kim, Eung Ju ^a   Han, Seong Woo ^c   Rha, Seung Woon ^a   Park, Chang Gyu ^a   Seo, Hong Seog ^a   Oh, Dong Joo ^a   Hwang, Chun ^d  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

^d UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial remodeling; Atrial septum; Heart atria

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEFT ATRIUM EMPTYING FRACTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART FUNCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERATRIAL SEPTAL THICKNESS; LEFT ATRIUM VOLTAGE; LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL LEFT ATRIUM EMPTYING FRACTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT, MASS AND SIZE; ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INTERATRIAL SEPTUM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL REMODELING; ATRIAL SEPTUM; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947058290     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2015.30.6.808     Document Type: Article

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