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Does the atrial electromechanical interval measured by tissue Doppler echocardiography predict postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting?
Does the atrial electromechanical interval measured by tissue Doppler echocardiography predict postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting?
Preoperative measurement of the atrial electromechanical interval via tissue Doppler echocardiography provides high sensitivity and specificity for predicting postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing CABG.
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May support preoperative AF risk stratification in CABG; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Roshanali et al. (2007) studied this question.
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