Left origin of the atrial esophageal signal as recorded in the pacing site

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1 I, 1998, Pages 18-24

  Bagliani, Giuseppe ^a,c   Meniconi, Luigi ^a   Raggi, Franco ^b   Corea, Luigi ^b  

^a Cardiology Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial activation mapping; Electrophysiological heart study; Esophageal pacing; Esophageal recording; His bundle recording

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; RECORDING; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BUNDLE OF HIS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031933497     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01057.x     Document Type: Article

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