Delayed adaptation of ventricular repolarization after sudden changes in heart rate due to conversion of atrial fibrillation. A potential risk factor for proarrhythmia?

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-121

  Grom, Andreas ^a   Faber, Thomas S ^a   Brunner, Michael ^a   Bode, Christoph ^a   Zehender, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Heart rate; QT; QTc; Repolarization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QT INTERVAL; RISK FACTOR; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 14844336293     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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