Interatrial block: is it time for more attention?

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 687-692

  Kitkungvan, Danai ^a   Spodick, David H ^a  

^a SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Interatrial block; Interatrial conduction; Interatrial conduction delay; Left atrial abnormality; the Bachmann bundle

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBOLISM; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERATRIAL BLOCK; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS;

EID: 70350043730     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.07.016     Document Type: Review

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