Mechanisms underlying sustained firing from pulmonary veins: Evidence from pacing maneuvers and pharmacological manipulation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1120-1129

  Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Pacing; Pulmonic vein

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PULMONARY VEIN; QRS COMPLEX; RECORDING; SINUS RHYTHM; T WAVE;

ADENOSINE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 4344659176     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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