left ventricular posterior wall thickness

Left Ventricular Posterior Wall Thickness is an Independent Risk Factor for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

Issue:

Vol 60, Issue 6 (2011)

Pages:

647–52

Synopsis:

The authors have hypothesized that left ventricular posterior wall thickness is an independent risk factor for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. This study offers novel information therapeutically beyond that provided by traditional clinical atrial fibrillation risk factors.

ABSTRACT

Background: Atrial fibrillation is the most common significant cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice, but its risk factors remain to be clarified. We have hypothesized that left ventricular posterior wall thickness is an independent risk factor for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF).

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