Prevalence of retrograde accessory pathway conduction during atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-387

  Ong, James J C ^a,b   Kriett, Jolene M ^c   Feld, Gregory K ^c   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

excitable gap; retrograde conduction; wavefronts; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PREEXCITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0030901441     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00803.x     Document Type: Article

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