Isolated Atrial Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients With Lone Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation - Skalidis, Emmanuel I.; Hamilos, Michalis I.; Karalis, Ioannis K.; Chlouverakis, Gregory; Kochiadakis, George E.; Vardas, Panos E. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2008)
Keywords: Aged; Atrial Fibrillation - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Flow Velocity; Blood Volume; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiac dysrhythmias; Cardiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Case-Control Studies; Catheters; Confidence intervals; Coronary Circulation - physiology; Coronary vessels; Coronary Vessels - diagnostic imaging; Female; Fourier transforms; Heart; Heart attacks; Heart rate; Humans; Internal Medicine; Ischemia; Male; Medical imaging; Medical sciences; Microcirculation; Middle Aged; Mortality; Pathogenesis; Studies; Ultrasonography, Doppler; Ultrasonography, Interventional; LCx; AF; b-APV; APV; LACB; LRAF; h-APV; CFR; left atrial circumflex branch; time-averaged peak coronary flow velocity; lone recurrent atrial fibrillation; time-averaged peak coronary flow velocity after maximal hyperemia; atrial fibrillation; coronary flow reserve; left circumflex coronary artery; time-averaged peak coronary flow velocity at baseline; Human; Microcirculation; Relapse; Arrhythmia; Dysfunction; Heart disease; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiovascular disease; Circulatory system; Recurrent; Cardiology; Excitability disorder