P wave polarity during pacing in pulmonary veins

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-172

  Tse, Hung Fat ^c   Lau, Chu Pak ^c   Lee, Kathy L ^c   Pelosi, Frank ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a   Knight, Bradley P ^a   Strickberger, S Adam ^a   Morady, Fred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

P wave polarity; Pacing; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035014935     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011429524859     Document Type: Article

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