Asymmetrical left atrial remodelling in atrial fibrillation: Relation with diastolic dysfunction and long-term ablation outcomes

Europace

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1463-1469

  Nedios, Sotirios ^a   Koutalas, Emmanuel ^a   Sommer, Philipp ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Rolf, Sascha ^a   Husser, Daniela ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a   Breithardt, Ole Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetry index; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Diastolic dysfunction; Echocardiography; Left atrial remodelling

Indexed keywords

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRICAL LEFT ATRIAL REMODELLING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART DILATATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; ETIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL REMODELING; CATHETER ABLATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 85030569603     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euw225     Document Type: Article

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