Exercise testing for non-invasive assessment of atrial electrophysiological properties in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 627-632

  Husser, Oliver ^a   Husser, Daniela ^a,b   Stridh, Martin ^b   Sörnmo, Leif ^b   Corino, Valentina D A ^c   Mainardi, Luca T ^c   Lombardi, Federico ^d   Klein, Helmut U ^a   Olsson, S Bertil ^b   Bollmann, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic nervous system; ECG; Exercise testing

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; FLECAINIDE;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547936745     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum124     Document Type: Article

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