Interatrial block: a prevalent, widely neglected, and portentous abnormality

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-62

  Spodick, David H ^a,b   Ariyarajah, Vignendra ^a,b  

^a Saint Vincent Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTERATRIAL BLOCK; LETTER; P WAVE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 38049091967     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2007.02.006     Document Type: Letter

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