The role of the atrial electromechanical delay in predicting atrial fibrillation in beta-thalassemia major patients.
Anna RagoVincenzo RussoAndrea Antonio PapaCarmine CiardielloBruno PannoneMaria Carolina MayerGiovanni CimminoGerardo NigroPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2016)
Our results showed that the echocardiographic atrial electromechanical delay indices (intra-left and inter-AEMD) and the PD were significantly increased in β-TM subjects with normal cardiac function. PD and AEMD represent non-invasive, inexpensive, useful, and simple parameters to assess the AF risk in β-TM patients.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- left atrial
- peritoneal dialysis
- catheter ablation
- heart failure
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported
- breast cancer risk