Electrocardiographic and electrophysiological characteristics of atrial fibrillation organized into atrial flutter by oral administration of class I antiarrhythmic agents

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 692-702

  Ohmura, Kazuko ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshinori ^a   Miyauchi, Yasushi ^a   Endoh, Yasumi ^a   Atarashi, Hirotsugu ^a   Katoh, Takao ^a   Takano, Teruo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic agents; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Hybrid therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; APRINDINE; CIBENZOLINE; DISOPYRAMIDE; FLECAINIDE; PILSICAINIDE; PIRMENOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROPHYLAXIS; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037356430     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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