Changes in P-wave area and P-wave duration after circumferential pulmonary vein isolation

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 798-804

  Van Beeumen, Katarina ^a,b   Houben, Richard ^c   Tavernier, Rene ^d   Ketels, Stefan ^a   Duytschaever, Mattias ^a,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint Lucas Gent   (Belgium)

^c MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Circumferential pulmonary vein isolation; Derived vector cardiogram; P wave area; P wave duration; Signal averaging electrocardiogram

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; THERAPEUTICS; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953017262     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup410     Document Type: Article

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