Left atrial remodeling in patients with atrial septal defects

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1000-1006

  Roberts Thomson, Kurt C ^a,b   John, Bobby ^a   Worthley, Stephen G ^a   Brooks, Anthony G ^a   Stiles, Martin K ^a   Lau, Dennis H ^a   Kuklik, Pawel ^a   Shipp, Nicholas J ^a   Kalman, Jonathan M ^b   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defects; Electrical remodeling; Left atrium; Stretch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67549123950     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.03.050     Document Type: Article

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