Left atrial pathological degeneration assessed by integrated backscatter transesophageal echocardiography as a predictor of progression to persistent atrial fibrillation: Results from a prospective study of three-years follow-up

BACKGROUND: It is recognized that one of the causes of atrial fibrillation (AF) is pathological degeneration of the left atrium (LA). However, prospective study that elucidated the relationship between the incidence of persistent AF and pathological degeneration has not been performed. The purpose o...

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Autores principales: Kubota, Tomoki, Kawasaki, Masanori, Takasugi, Nobuhiro, Imai, Hajime, Ishihara, Yoshiyuki, Okubo, Munenori, Takahashi, Shigekiyo, Sato, Hironobu, Nishigaki, Kazuhiko, Takemura, Genzou, Minatoguchi, Shinya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3416739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22747941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-10-28

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3416739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22747941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-10-28

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