The left atrial appendage: Not just an innocent bystander

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 465-466

  Kistler, Peter M ^a,b,c  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; NOTE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247543996     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00796.x     Document Type: Note

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