P wave analysis indices in young healthy men: Data from the Digital Electrocardiographic Study in Hellenic Air Force Servicemen (DEHAS)

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 367-372

  Gialafos, Elias J ^a,c   Dilaveris, Polychronis E ^a   Synetos, Andreas G ^a   Tsolakidis, George F ^a   Papaioannou, Theodoros G ^a   Andrikopoulos, George K ^a   Richter, Dimitris J ^a   Triposkiadis, Filippos ^b   Gialafos, John E ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial arrhythmias; Electrocardiogram; Intraatrial conduction; P wave duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; P WAVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RR INTERVAL;

EID: 0037247618     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00051.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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