Is echocardiography valid and reproducible in patients with atrial fibrillation? A systematic review

Europace

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1427-1438

  Kotecha, Dipak ^a,b,c   Mohamed, Mohamed ^d   Shantsila, Eduard ^a   Popescu, Bogdan A ^e   Steeds, Richard P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Diastolic; Echocardiography; Ejection fraction; Heart failure; Reproducibility; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DATA BASE; DIASTOLE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RR INTERVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SYSTOLE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 85025133732     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eux027     Document Type: Article

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