Electrophysiologic characteristics of atria in patients without heart disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1066-1072

  Brembilla Perrot, Béatrice ^a   Beurrier, Daniel ^a   Houriez, Pierre ^a   Suty Selton, Christine ^a   Nippert, Marc ^a   Claudon, Olivier ^a   Andronache, Marius ^a   Ernst, Yves ^a   Khaldi, Emad ^a   Belhakem, Hadj ^a   Popovic, Batric ^a   De La Chaise, Arnaud Terrier ^a   Louis, Pierre ^a  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Normal heart; Programmed atrial stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PREEXCITATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 33645254436     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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