P wave dispersion predicts recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia treated with radiofrequency catheter ablation

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-270

  Amasyali, Basri ^a   Kose, Sedat ^a   Aytemir, Kudret ^b   Kilic, Ayhan ^a   Turhan, Hasan ^a   Celik, Turgay ^a   Kursaklioglu, Hurkan ^a   Iyisoy, Atila ^a   Ozturk, Cengiz ^a   Isik, Ersoy ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Catheter ablation; P wave dispersion; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; P WAVE; PARAMETER; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 33745632093     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2006.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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