Electrophysiological response of the right atrium to ibutilide during typical atrial flutter

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 814-819

  Cheng, Jie ^a,b   Glatter, Kathryn ^a   Yang, Yanfei ^a   Zhang, Shulong ^a   Lee, Randall ^a   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cardiac Electrophysiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic agents; Atrial flutter; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

IBUTILIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; THYROID GLAND; TIME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 0037072445     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000025635.38200.75     Document Type: Article

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