Reproducibility of spontaneous initiations of atrial fibrillation

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 435-440

  Calò, Leonardo ^a   Riccardi, Riccardo ^a   Scaglione, Marco ^a   Lamberti, Filippo ^a   Massa, Riccardo ^a   Garberoglio, Lucia ^a   Antolini, Renzo ^b   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^a  

^a Hospital of Asti   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiology.

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; TACHYCARDIA; WAVEFORM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032947625     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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