P wave morphology during atrial pacing along the atrioventricular ring - ECG localization of the site of origin of retrograde atrial activation

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Fitzgerald, David M ^a   Hawthorne, Harry R ^a   Crossley, George H ^a   Simmons, Tony W ^a   Haisty Jr , Wesley K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Electrocardiography; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BUNDLE OF HIS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0030025647     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(96)80105-1     Document Type: Article

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