Influence of age on atrial fibrillation inducibility

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-292

  Brembilla Perrot, Béatrice ^a   Burger, Guillaume ^a   Beurrier, Daniel ^a   Houriez, Pierre ^a   Nippert, Marc ^a   Miljoen, Hielkho ^a   Andronache, Marius ^a   Khaldi, Emad ^a   Popovic, Batrik ^a   De La Chaise, Arnaud Terrier ^a   Louis, Pierre ^a  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZZINESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; CHILD; DIZZINESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 12144286589     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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