Evidence of mechanoelectric feedback in the atria of patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-57

  Manios, Emmanuel G ^a   Mavrakis, Hercules E ^a   Kanoupakis, Emmanuel M ^a   Kallergis, Eleftherios M ^a   Kafarakis, Panagiotis K ^a   Vardas, Panos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial refractoriness; Mechanoelectric feedback; Repolarisation; Supraventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 33751511001     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-006-9019-3     Document Type: Article

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