Relation between paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and left ventricular diastolic function in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
The relation between left ventricular filling pattern and the occurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation was evaluated using Doppler echocardiography in a prospective series of 157 patients with acute myocardial infarction. Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after acute myocardial infarction was often associated with a higher restrictive filling pattern.
Celik
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Department of Cardiology, KTU Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey. ercevdet@gul.net.tr
Erdöl
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Baykan
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Kaplan
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Kasap
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D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology; D018619:Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology