Atrial fibrillation and ventricular dysfunction: a vicious electromechanical cycle

Circulation. 2004 Jun 15;109(23):2839-43. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000132470.78896.A8.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Atrial Appendage
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / drug therapy
  • Atrial Fibrillation / epidemiology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / therapy
  • Case Management
  • Cohort Studies
  • Electric Countershock
  • Female
  • Heart Diseases / etiology
  • Heart Failure / complications*
  • Heart Failure / epidemiology
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Heart Rate / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / etiology
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Prevalence
  • Prognosis
  • Stroke Volume
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
  • Thrombosis / etiology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents