Conduction delay within the coronary sinus in humans: Implications for atrial arrhythmias

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 859-862

  Katritsis, Demosthenes ^a   Ioannidis, John P A ^c   Giazitzoglou, Eleftherios ^a   Korovesis, Socrates ^a   Anagnostopoulos, Constantine E ^b   Camm, A John ^d  

^a Athens Euroclinic   (Greece)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial arrhythmias; Atrial fibrillation; Coronary sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0036741293     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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