Atrial Escape-Capture Bigeminy in Dominant Atrial Rhythm with 2:1 Exit Block

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-353

  Katoh, Takakazu ^b   Kinoshita, Shinji ^a   Yasuda, Ryuzaburou ^b   Sasaki, Yoshihiko ^b   Tsujimura, Yoshinori ^b  

^a Hokkaido Women's University   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dominant atrial rhythm; Escape capture bigeminy; Sick sinus syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL ESCAPE CAPTURE BIGEMINY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; P WAVE; PP INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME;

EID: 0242497046     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(03)00080-3     Document Type: Article

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