Mechanisms for the genesis of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in the Wolff - Parkinson - White syndrome: Intrinsic atrial muscle vulnerability vs. electrophysiological properties of the accessory pathway

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-302

  Centurión, Osmar Antonio ^a   Shimizu, Akihiko ^b   Isomoto, Shojiro ^c   Konoe, Atsushi ^d  

^a Sanatorio Migone Battilana   (Paraguay)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormal atrial electrograms; Accessory pathway; Atrial vulnerability; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEGENERATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 44649145292     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun031     Document Type: Review

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