Atrial activation analysis by surface P wave and multipolar esophageal recording after cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1178-1188

  Bagliani, Giuseppe ^a,c   Michelucci, Antonio ^b   Angeli, Fabio ^a   Meniconi, Luigi ^a  

^a Cardiology Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial activation; Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Electrophysiological study; Esophageal recording

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; P WAVE; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037728846     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00167.x     Document Type: Article

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