Verapamil eliminates the hierarchical nature of activation frequencies from the pulmonary veins to the atria during paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-583

  Kushiyama, Yasunori ^a,b   Osaka, Toshiyuki ^a   Yokoyama, Eriko ^a   Hasebe, Hideyuki ^a   Kuroda, Yusuke ^a   Kamiya, Kaichiro ^b   Kodama, Itsuo ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA SAISEIKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrium; Dominant frequency; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; VERAPAMIL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; DOMINANT FREQUENCIES; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM FREE WALL; HUMAN; MALE; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 79958062889     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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