Autonomic Innervation, Atrial Electrogram Morphology, and Atrial Fibrillation**Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1332-1334

  Oral, Hakan ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 34548840801     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.04.098     Document Type: Editorial

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