Electrophysiologic and electroanatomic changes in the human atrium associated with age

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-116

  Kistler, Peter M ^a,b   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a,b   Fynn, Simon P ^a,b   Stevenson, Irene H ^a,b   Spence, Steven J ^a,b   Vohra, Jitendra K ^a,b   Sparks, Paul B ^a,b   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AF; atrial fibrillation; coronary sinus; crista terminalis; CS; CT; ECG; effective refractory period; electrocardiogram; ERP; lateral right atrium; LRA; RA; radiofrequency ablation; RFA; right atrial atrium; sinus node recovery timemax; SNRTmax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SINUS NODE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS;

EID: 3242811995     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.03.044     Document Type: Article

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