P wave assessment: State of the art update

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-220

  Michelucci, Antonio ^a   Bagliani, Giuseppe ^b   Colella, Andrea ^a   Pieragnoli, Paolo ^a   Porciani, Maria Cristina ^a   Gensini, Gianfranco ^a   Padeletti, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Foligno   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interatrial block; P wave; P wave dispersion; Signal averaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PACING; HUMAN; P WAVE; PREDICTION; STANDARDIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 0036753551     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016368723033     Document Type: Article

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