Interatrial block: The pandemic remains poorly perceived

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 667-672

  Spodick, David H ^a,c   Ariyarajah, Vignendra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrocardiography; Interatrial block; Myocardial ischemia; Systemic embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; VERAPAMIL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ECG ABNORMALITY; EDUCATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PACING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERATRIAL BLOCK; P WAVE; REVIEW;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 65649095915     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02343.x     Document Type: Review

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