Interatrial right-to-left conduction in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-122

  Tapanainen, Jari M ^a   Jurkko, Raija ^a   Holmqvist, Fredrik ^b   Husser, Daniela ^b   Kongstad, Ole ^b   Mäkijärvi, Markku ^a   Toivonen, Lauri ^a   Platonov, Pyotr G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Electroanatomic mapping; Interatrial conduction; Sinus rhythm

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DISOPYRAMIDE; FLECAINIDE; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651108951     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9359-2     Document Type: Article

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