Electrophysiologic characteristics in initiation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation from a focal area

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1658-1664

  Kiemeneij, Ferdinand ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^b,o   Macaya, Carlos ^c   Rutsch, Wolfgang ^d   Heyndrickx, Guy ^e   Albertsson, Per ^f   Fajadet, Jean ^g   Legrand, Victor ^h   Materne, Pierre ⁱ   Belardi, Jorge ^j   Sigwart, Ulrich ^k   Colombo, Antonio ^l   Goy, Jean Jacques ^m   Disco, Clemens M C ⁿ   Morel, Marie Angèle ⁿ  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g CLINIQUE PASTEUR   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

ⁱ Centre Hospitalier Regional de La Citadelle   (Belgium)

^j INSTITUTO CARDIOVASCULAR DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^l EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

^m LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

ⁿ CARDIALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^o ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLATION; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; CARDIOMEGALY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0035035451     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01182-2     Document Type: Article

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