Extended distribution of prolonged and fractionated right atrial electrograms predicts development of chronic atrial fibrillation in patients with idiopathic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 996-1002

  Nakao, Kojiro ^a   Seto, Shinji ^a   Ueyama, Chiaki ^a   Matsuo, Kiyotaka ^a   Komiya, Norihiro ^a   Isomoto, Shojiro ^a   Yano, Katsusuke ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiologic study; Follow up study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0036776202     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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