Evaluation of the association between stroke/transient ischemic attack and atrial electromechanical delay in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Anatolian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 572-578

  Bayar, Nermin ^a   Üreyen, Çağın Mustafa ^a   Erkal, Zehra ^a   Küçükseymen, Selçuk ^a   Çay, Serkan ^b   Çağırcı, Göksel ^a   Arslan, Şakir ^a  

^a Antalya Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electromechanical delay; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; E WAVE DECELERATION TIME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISOVOLUMETRIC RELAXATION TIME; LEFT ATRIUM DIAMETER; LEFT VENTRICULAR END DIASTOLIC DIAMETER; LEFT VENTRICULAR END SYSTOLIC DIAMETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84994236461     PISSN: 21492263     EISSN: 21492271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/AnatolJCardiol.2015.6424     Document Type: Article

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