Variable interatrial conduction illustrated in a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy population

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-236

  Holmqvist, Fredrik ^a   Platonov, Pyotr G ^a   Carlson, Jonas ^a   Havmöller, Rasmus ^a   Waktare, Johan E P ^b   McKenna, William J ^c   Olsson, S Bertil ^a   Meurling, Carl J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Noninvasive; Signal averaged ECG analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; P WAVE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34447119528     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2007.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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