Inducibility of atrial fibrillation during electrophysiologic evaluation is associated with increased dispersion of atrial refractoriness

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-135

  Oliveira, Mario ^a   da Silva, M Nogueira ^a   Timoteo, Ana T ^a   Feliciano, Joana ^a   Sousa, Lidia ^a   Santos, Sofia ^a   Silva Carvalho, Luis ^b   Ferreira, Rui ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARTA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atrial vulnerability; Dispersion of refractoriness; Non sustained and sustained atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650963817     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.04.097     Document Type: Article

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