Prospective Clinical Evaluation of a Programmed Atrial Stimulation Protocol for Induction of Sustained Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-25

  Krol, Ryszard B ^a   Saksena, Sanjeev ^a   Prakash, Atul ^a   Giorgberidze, Irakli ^a   Mathew, Philip ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Atrial flbrillation atrial flutter; Stimulation protocol

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033094152     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009863220699     Document Type: Article

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