The prevalence of early repolarization in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with a special reference to J waves and the effects of catheter ablation

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-42

  Yagihara, Nobue ^a   Sato, Akinori ^a   Iijima, Kenichi ^a   Izumi, Daisuke ^a   Furushima, Hiroshi ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Irie, Tadanobu ^b   Kaneko, Yoshiaki ^b   Kurabayashi, Masahiko ^b   Chinushi, Masaomi ^a   Satou, Masahito ^c   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tachikawa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; J waves; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY REPOLARIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART EXCITATION; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; J WAVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; WAVEFORM; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 84855320394     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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