Effects of simultaneous atrioventricular pacing on atrial refractoriness and atrial fibrillation inducibility: Role of atrial mechanoelectrical feedback

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-50

  Tse, Hung Fat ^a   Pelosi, Frank ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a   Knight, Bradley P ^a   Strickberger, S Adam ^a   Morady, Fred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial refractory period; Mechanoelectrical feedback

Indexed keywords

VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035143581     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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