Fractionated atrial electrograms during sinus rhythm: Relationship to age, voltage, and conduction velocity

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 587-591

  Roberts Thomson, Kurt C ^a   Kistler, Peter M ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^b   Morton, Joseph B ^a   Haqqani, Haris M ^a   Stevenson, Irene ^a   Vohra, Jitendra K ^a   Sparks, Paul B ^a   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Atrium; Conduction velocity; Fractionated electrograms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 64849111780     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.02.023     Document Type: Article

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