Electrophysiologic characteristics of the spontaneous onset and termination of atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1215-1220

  Ndrepepa, Gjin ^a,b   Weber, Stefan ^a,b   Karch, Martin R ^a,b   Schneider, Michael A E ^a,b   Schreieck, Jürgen ^a,b   Schömig, Albert ^a,b   Schmitt, Claus ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036890210     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02837-0     Document Type: Article

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