Atrial Function Assessed by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Is a Good Predictor of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly Patients

Echocardiography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 242-248

  Verdejo, Hugo E ^a,b   Becerra, Elia ^a,c   Zalaquet, Ricardo ^b   Del Campo, Andrea ^c   Garcia, Lorena ^a,c   Troncoso, Rodrigo ^a,c   Chiong, Mario ^a,c   Marin, Arnaldo ^b   Castro, Pablo F ^a,b   Lavandero, Sergio ^a,c,d   Gabrielli, Luigi ^a,b   Corbalán, Ramõn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; atrial fibrillation; atrial function; echocardiography; speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM DYSFUNCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84956687349     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.13059     Document Type: Article

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