Double-sector Lorenz plot scattering in an R-R interval analysis of patients with chronic atrial fibrillation: Incidence and characteristics of vertices of the double-sector scattering

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-235

  Oka, Takefumi ^a,b   Nakatsu, Takaaki ^b   Kusachi, Shozo ^a,b   Tominaga, Youkou ^b   Toyonaga, Shinji ^b   Ohnishi, Hiromichi ^a   Nakahama, Makoto ^a   Komatsubara, Issei ^a   Murakami, Masahiiro ^a   Tsuji, Takao ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Yashima General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambulatory electrocardiography; Electrophysiologic study; Heart rate variability; Histogram; Refractory period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL;

EID: 13144259720     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(98)90138-8     Document Type: Article

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