Paroxysmal Lone Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With an Abnormal Atrial Substrate. Characterizing the "Second Factor"

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1182-1191

  Stiles, Martin K ^a   John, Bobby ^a   Wong, Christopher X ^a   Kuklik, Pawel ^a   Brooks, Anthony G ^a   Lau, Dennis H ^a   Dimitri, Hany ^a   Roberts Thomson, Kurt C ^a   Wilson, Lauren ^a   De Sciscio, Paolo ^a   Young, Glenn D ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; atrial fibrillation; atrial remodeling; atrial substrate; electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 63049138194     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.11.054     Document Type: Article

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