Impact of premature atrial contractions in atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 447-452

  Jensen, Thomas J ^a   Haarbo, Jens ^a   Pehrson, Steen M ^b   Thomsen, Bloch ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Onset; PAC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1842854748     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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