Atrial repolarization as observable during the PQ interval

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 290-297

  Ihara, Zenichi ^a   van Oosterom, Adriaan ^b   Hoekema, Rudi ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial repolarization; ECG; P wave; PQ interval; VCG

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; T WAVE;

ATRIAL FUNCTION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33744924745     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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