Atrial premature beats in patients with focal atrial fibrillation: Incidence at baseline and impact of provocative maneuvers

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1467-1473

  Ventura, Rodolfo ^a   Weiss, Christian ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a   Sturm, Nina ^a   Klemm, Hanno ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation catheter; Atrial fibrillation; Holter ECG

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ATROPINE; ESMOLOL; ORCIPRENALINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROVOCATION TEST; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

EID: 0036802468     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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