Do hypoxemia or hypercapnia predispose to atrial fibrillation in breathing disorders, and, if so, how?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1271-1272

  Workman, Antony J ^a   Rankin, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM ION; PROTON;

ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SODIUM CURRENT;

EID: 77956228619     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.04.004     Document Type: Editorial

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