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Global longitudinal strain predicts incident atrial fibrillation and stroke occurrence after acute myocardial infarction

Patients with acute myocardial infarction are at increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation. We aimed to evaluate whether speckle tracking echocardiography improves risk stratification for atrial fibrillation in these patients. The study comprised of 373 patients with ST-segment elevation myoc...

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Autores principales: Olsen, Flemming Javier, Pedersen, Sune, Jensen, Jan Skov, Biering-Sørensen, Tor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5591166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27858918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000005338