The electrical substrate of vagal atrial fibrillation as assessed by the signal-averaged electrocardiogram of the P wave

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-313

  Nemirovsky, Dmitry ^b   Hutter, Randolph ^a,c   Gomes, J Anthony ^a,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Signal averaged ECG; Signal averaged P wave duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; P WAVE; PREDICTION; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 40149099892     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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