Lengthening of intraatrial conduction time in atrial fibrillation and its relation with early recurrence of atrial fibrillation

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 575-584

  Akyürek, Ömer ^a,b   Sayin, Tamer ^a   Dinçer, Irem ^a   Karaoguz, Remzi ^a   Güldal, Muharrem ^a   Oral, Dervis ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sancak Mahallesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrical remodeling; Intraatrial conduction

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

A WAVE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; P WAVE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0035213784     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.42.575     Document Type: Article

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