Local capture by atrial pacing in spontaneous chronic atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2416-2422

  Pandozi, Claudio ^a,b   Bianconi, Leopoldo ^a   Villani, Mauro ^a   Castro, Antonio ^a   Altamura, Giuliano ^a   Toscano, Salvatore ^a   Jesi, Anna P ^a   Gentilucci, Giuseppe ^a   Ammirati, Fabrizio ^a   Bianco, Francesco Lo ^a   Santini, Massimo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; atrium; fibrillation; reentry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17744418964     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.10.2416     Document Type: Article

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