High-resolution analysis of the surface P wave as a measure of atrial electrophysiological substrate

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-19

  Redfearn, Damian P ^a   Lane, Joanne ^b   Ward, Kevin ^b   Stafford, Peter J ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Flecainide; Remodeling; Signal averaged P wave

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FLECAINIDE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33644973849     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2006.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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