Left atrial strain is a powerful predictor of atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation: Study of a heterogeneous population with sinus rhythm or atrial fibrillation

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1008-1014

  Yasuda, Risako ^a   Murata, Mitsushige ^a   Roberts, Rachel ^a   Tokuda, Hanako ^a   Minakata, Yugo ^a   Suzuki, Keiko ^a   Tsuruta, Hikaru ^a   Kimura, Takehiro ^a   Nishiyama, Nobuhiro ^a   Fukumoto, Kotaro ^a   Aizawa, Yoshiyasu ^a   Tanimoto, Kojiro ^a   Takatsuki, Seiji ^a   Abe, Takayuki ^a   Fukuda, Keiichi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; LA strain

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL STRAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOMATIC PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; JAPAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84989159485     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jev028     Document Type: Article

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