Reentry and atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Atienza, Felipe ^a   Jalife, José ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Inward rectifying potassium channels; Pulmonary veins left atrial junction; Rotors; Wavebreak

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADENOSINE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL;

EID: 33847328777     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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