Time-domain and morphological analysis of the P wave. Part II: Effects of atrial pacing on P-wave features

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 935-942

  Censi, Frederica ^a   Ricci, Chiara ^b   Calcagnini, Giovanni ^a   Triventi, Michele ^a   Ricci, Renato P ^c   Santini, Massimo ^c   Grammatico, Andrea ^d   Bartolini, Pietro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial pacing; P wave duration; P wave morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; P WAVE; PACEMAKER; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 48249134018     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01119.x     Document Type: Article

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