Characteristic P wave morphology in patients undergoing the atrial compartment operation for chronic atrial fibrillation with mitral valve disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1864-1872

  Lo, Huey Ming ^a,c   Lin, Jiunn Lee ^b   Lin, Fang Yue ^b   Tseng, Yung Zu ^b  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrocardiography; Electrophysiology; P wave; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; P WAVE; PURKINJE FIBER; SINUS NODE;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0141742169     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00282.x     Document Type: Article

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