Distribution of atrial electrogram types during atrial fibrillation: Effect of rapid atrial pacing and intercaval junction ablation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1713-1721

  Li, Huagui ^a,b   Hare, John ^a   Mughal, Kashef ^a   Krum, David ^a   Biehl, Michael ^a   Deshpande, Sanjay ^a   Dhala, Anwer ^a   Blanck, Zalmen ^a   Sra, Jasbir ^a   Jazayeri, Mohammad ^a   Akhtar, Masood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0029889023     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00068-X     Document Type: Article

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