Decreased left atrial strain parameters are correlated with prolonged total atrial conduction time in lone atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1053-1061

  Guo, Chunyan ^a   Liu, Jiexin ^a   Zhao, Shumei ^a   Teng, Yixing ^a   Shen, Luhua ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lone atrial fibrillation; Strain; Total atrial conduction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL EMPTYING FRACTION; LEFT ATRIAL STRAIN PARAMETER; LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME INDEX; LONE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; P WAVE; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ACTION POTENTIAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLOR DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART RATE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULSED DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL REMODELING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84963649265     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-016-0875-3     Document Type: Article

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