Influence of advancing age on fractionated right atrial endocardial electrograms

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-242

  Centurión, Osmar Antonio ^a   Shimizu, Akihiko ^a   Isomoto, Shojiro ^a   Konoe, Atsushi ^a   Kaibara, Muneshige ^a   Hayano, Motonobu ^a   Yano, Katsusuke ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART CATHETER; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINUS NODE; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 22144475494     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.052     Document Type: Article

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