Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Ectopic atrial activity and prevalence of severely symptomatic patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1668-1674

  Jensen, Thomas Jon ^a   Haarbo, Jens ^a   Pehrson, Steen M ^a   Thomsen, Poul E B ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ambulatory ECG monitoring; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Premature atrial contraction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PREVALENCE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL;

EID: 0042701475     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00250.x     Document Type: Article

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