Evidence for electrical remodelling of the atrial myocardium in patients with atrial fibrillation. A study using the monophasic action potential recording technique

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-12

  Hertervig, Eva J ^a   Yuan, Shiwen ^a   Carlson, Jonas ^a   Kongstad Rasmussen, Ole ^a   Olsson, S Bertil ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Monophasic action potential; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0036256818     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-097x.2002.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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