P-wave measurements and electrical reconnection of the posterior left atrium after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1324-1334

  Lim, Toon Wei ^a,b   Wu, Guanglei ^b   Ross, David L ^a,b   Thomas, Stuart P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; electrocardiogram; P wave duration; signal averaged ECG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; P WAVE; POSTERIOR LEFT ATRIAL ISOLATION; QRS COMPLEX; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78349264224     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02822.x     Document Type: Article

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