Clinical Utility of Atrial Electromechanical Conduction Time Measured with Speckle Tracking Echocardiography after Catheter Ablation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Validation Study with Electroanatomical Mapping

Akira Fujii, MD,* Katsuji Inoue, MD,* Takayuki Nagai, MD,* Kazuhisa Nishimura,* MD, Teruyoshi Uetani,* MD, Jun Suzuki, MD,* Jun-ichi Funada, MD,† Takafumi Okura, MD,* Jitsuo Higaki, MD,* Akiyoshi Ogimoto, MD*

*Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, Japan.
†Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organization Ehime Medical Center, Toon, Ehime, Japan.