Atrial gradient as a potential predictor of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 404-410

  Chandra, Parag ^a   Rosen, Tove S ^a   Herweg, Bengt ^a   Plotnikov, Alexei N ^a   Danilo Jr , Peter ^a   Rosen, Michael R ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrocardiography; Remodeling; Repolarization; Supraventricular Arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; INCIDENCE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FORMALDEHYDE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM;

EID: 15944401728     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.12.027     Document Type: Article

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