Usefulness of tissue Doppler-derived atrial electromechanical delay for identifying patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.

Kanako AkamatsuTakahide ItoMasatoshi MiyamuraYumiko KanzakiKoichi SohmiyaMasaaki Hoshiga

Published in: Cardiovascular ultrasound (2020)

This cross-sectional study indicates that even analyzed together with MRFs patients, AEMD remains useful for identifying patients at risk for AF. Our results need to be confirmed by a large-scale prospective study.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
heart failure
peritoneal dialysis
catheter ablation
patient reported outcomes
venous thromboembolism
left ventricular
blood flow