Bimodal RR interval distribution in chronic atrial fibrillation: Impact of dual atrioventricular nodal physiology on long-term rate control after catheter ablation of the posterior atrionodal input

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 497-503

  Tebbenjohanns, Jürgen ^a   Schumacher, Burghard ^b   Korte, Thomas ^a   Niehaus, Michael ^a   Pfeiffer, Dietrich ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrioventricular node; Catheter ablation; RR histogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY; RR INTERVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034124286     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00001.x     Document Type: Article

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