Myocardial contractility is not constant during spontaneous atrial fibrillation in patients

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1762-1768

  Brookes, Carl I O ^a   White, Paul A ^a   Staples, Maurice ^a   Oldershaw, Paul J ^a   Redington, Andrew N ^a   Collins, Peter D ^a   Noble, Mark I M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac volume; Hemodynamics; Intervals; Mechanics; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032573026     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.17.1762     Document Type: Article

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