Intra- and interatrial conduction delay: Implications for cardiac pacing

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-525

  Daubert, Jean Claude ^a,b   Pavin, Dominique ^a   Jauvert, Gaël ^a   Mabo, Philippe ^a  

^a RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial pacing; Atrial tachyarrhythmias; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Interatrial block; Intraatrial conduction delay; Multisite atrial pacing

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GOAT; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PACING; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; P WAVE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1842843856     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00473.x     Document Type: Review

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