DIAGNOSTIC-IMPORTANCE OF FIBRILLATORY WAVE AMPLITUDE - A CLUE TO ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC LEFT ATRIAL SIZE AND ETIOLOGY OF ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION
DIAGNOSTIC-IMPORTANCE OF FIBRILLATORY WAVE AMPLITUDE - A CLUE TO ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC LEFT ATRIAL SIZE AND ETIOLOGY OF ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-0736(88)90099-4
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发表时间:
1988-08-01
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
HASSAN, AS
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作者:
AYSHA, MH;HASSAN, AS
The electrocardiographic fibrillatory wave amplitude in 148 patients with atrial fibrillation was measured. To assess its diagnostic importance in relation to the left atrial size and underlying etiology, M-mode echocardiography was performed on 89 patients. The patients are classified according to the type of atrial fibrillation (paroxysmal or chronic), the f wave amplitude (coarse or fine), and the underlying etiology (rheumatic or nonrheumatic). The average fibrillatory f wave amplitude and echocardiographic left atrial size in chronic and rheumatic atrial fibrillation are significantly greater than in paroxysmal and chronic nonrheumatic patients. Furthermore, the fibrillatory f wave amplitude correlates strongly with the echocardiographic left atrial size.