Human study of biatrial electrical coupling: Determinants of endocardial septal activation and conduction over interatrial connections

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2083-2089

  Lemery, Robert ^a   Soucie, Luc ^a   Martin, Bruno ^a   Tang, Anthony S L ^a   Green, Martin ^a   Healey, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrium; Electrophysiology; Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMIODARONE; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 5644230758     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000144461.83835.A1     Document Type: Article

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