Onset mechanism of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation detected by ambulatory Holter monitoring

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-210

  Vincenti, Antonio ^a   Brambilla, Roberta ^a   Fumagalli, Maria Grazia ^a   Merola, Rita ^a   Pedretti, Stefano ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Holter monitoring; Onset mechanism; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; FLECAINIDE; PROPAFENONE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; BRADYCARDIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33646825350     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euj043     Document Type: Article

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