Effect of atrial fibrillation on atrial refractoriness in humans

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1600-1606

  Daoud, Emile G ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a   Goyal, Rajiva ^a   Harvey, Mark ^a   Ching Man, K ^a   Adam Strickberger, S ^a   Morady, Fred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

atrium; electrophysiology; fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0029741922     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.7.1600     Document Type: Article

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