Variability in post-pacing intervals predicts global atrial activation pattern during tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-147

  Colombowala, Ilyas K ^a   Massumi, Ali ^a   Rasekh, Abdi ^a   Saeed, Mohammad ^a   Cheng, Jie ^a   Fakhri, Bita ^b   Shuraih, Mossaab ^a   Razavi, Mehdi ^a,c  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Activation pattern; Arrhythmia; Atrial; Pacing maneuver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38849098298     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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