Regional entrainment of atrial fibrillation in man

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 867-876

  Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b,c   Olgin, Jeffrey E ^a   Karch, Martin R ^a   Lesh, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

atrial defibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY SINUS; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029795508     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00599.x     Document Type: Article

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