On the atrial response to focal discharges in man

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 629-636

  Ramanna, Hemanth ^a   De Barker, Jacques M T ^b   Elvan, Arif ^a   Hauer, Richard N W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial vulnerability; Focal discharge; Spatial dispersion of atrial refractoriness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STANDARDIZATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942530862     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03436.x     Document Type: Article

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