Pulmonary vein potentials in patients with and without atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 692-697

  Hertervig, Eva ^a   Kongstad, Ole ^a   Ljungstrom, Erik ^a   Olsson, Bertil ^a   Yuan, Shiwen ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Concealed WPW syndrome; Pulmonary vein potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 44649143442     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun092     Document Type: Article

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