Indices of electrical and contractile remodeling during atrial fibrillation in man

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 512-519

  Holmqvist, Fredrik ^a   Stridh, Martin ^b   Waktare, Johan E P ^c   Sörnmo, Leif ^b   Roijer, Anders ^a   Meurling, Carl J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Electrophysiology; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL ATRIAL REMODELING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 33646517242     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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