The effects of pulmonary vein isolation on the morphology of P waves: The contribution of pulmonary vein muscle excitation to the formation of P waves

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-101

  Date, Taro ^a   Yamane, Teiichi ^a   Inada, Keiichi ^a   Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Kanzaki, Yasuko ^a   Miyanaga, Satoru ^a   Shibayama, Kenri ^a   Miyazaki, Hidekazu ^a   Sugimoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Taniguchi, Ikuo ^a   Mochizuki, Seibu ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; P wave; Pulmonary vein; Vectorcardiography

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EXCITATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TISSUE; P WAVE; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 33846304258     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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