P-wave dispersion: A novel predictor of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-165

  Dilaveris, Polychronis E ^a,b   Gialafos, John E ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial conduction; Atrial fibrillation; P wave dispersion; P wave duration

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0035020592     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2001.tb00101.x     Document Type: Review

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