Characterization of the electroanatomical substrate in human atrial fibrillation: The relationship between changes in atrial volume, refractoriness, wavefront propagation velocities, and AF burden

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-275

  Kojodjojo, Pipin ^a   Peters, Nicholas S ^a   Davies, D Wyn ^a   Kanagaratnam, Prapa ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial arrhythmias; Clinical electrophysiology; Conduction disturbances

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846994677     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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