Electrophysiological changes of the atrium in patients with lone paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Journal of Atrial Fibrillation

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 656-662

  Centurion, Osmar Antonio ^a,b   Isomoto, Shojiro ^c   Shimizu, Akihiko ^d  

^a Sanatorio Migone Battilana   (Paraguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^c Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital Nagasaki   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial conduction delay; Atrial conduction time; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial refractory period; Atrial vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952773793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19416911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4022/jafib.v1i12.566     Document Type: Article

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