Atrial conduction and atrial fibrillation: What can we learn from surface ECG?

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 402-407

  Platonov, Pyotr G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrocardiography; Interatrial conduction; P wave

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; P WAVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 54849420326     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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