Pulmonary vein antrum isolation and terminal part of the P wave

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 784-789

  Janin, Sebastien ^a   Wojcik, MacIej ^a   Kuniss, Malte ^a   Berkowitsch, Alexander ^a   Erkapic, Damir ^a   Zaltsberg, Sergey ^a   Ecarnot, Fiona ^a   Hamm, Christian W ^a   Pitschner, Heinz F ^a   Neumann, Thomas ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; interatrial block; P terminal force; P wave duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN; MALE; P WAVE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954370718     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02754.x     Document Type: Article

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