Inducibility of atrial fibrillation in the absence of atrial fibrillation: What does it mean to be normal?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 489-492

  Huang, Wen ^a   Liu, Tong ^b   Shehata, Michael ^b   Zhang, Kuijun ^a   Yao, Yan ^a   Niu, Guodong ^a   Amorn, Allen ^b   Liu, Xiushi ^b   Chugh, Sumeet S ^b   Wang, Xunzhang ^b  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Inducibility; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CYCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 79953247084     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.11.036     Document Type: Article

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