Effects of slow coronary artery flow on P-wave dispersion and atrial electromechanical coupling

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 328-333

  Akcay, Ahmet ^a   Acar, Gurkan ^a   Suner, Arif ^a   Sokmen, Abdullah ^a   Sokmen, Gulizar ^a   Nacar, Alper B ^a   Tuncer, Cemal ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial electromechanical coupling; Slow coronary flow; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 67349189132     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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