Does the E/e′ Index Predict the Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation?

• Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 630 - 636
• Main Authors: Li, Chen, Ding, Xunshi, Zhang, Juqian, Zhou, Can, Chen, Yu, Rao, Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.07.2010
• Subjects: Aged; atrial fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation - complications; Atrial Fibrillation - surgery; Catheter Ablation; diastolic dysfunction; echocardiography; Echocardiography - methods; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - methods; Prognosis; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; tissue Doppler imaging; Treatment Outcome; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - prevention & control

Introduction: The role of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction in recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF) after catheter ablation remains unknown. We investigated LV diastolic function using the ratio of early transmitral flow velocity (E) to early diastolic mitral annular velocity (e′) and evalua...