Atrial vulnerability in patients with paroxysmal 'lone' atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1949-1958

  Zimmermann, Marc ^a   Adamec, Richard ^b   Metzger, Jacques ^b  

^a University Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrial arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial vulnerability; Electrical stimulation; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031687982     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00015.x     Document Type: Article

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