Basic mechanisms of atrial fibrillation

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2003, Pages

  Van Wagoner, David R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS;

EID: 0042570406     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.70.suppl_3.s2     Document Type: Review

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