Atrial fibrillation inducibility in the absence of structural heart disease or clinical atrial fibrillation: Critical dependence on induction protocol, inducibility definition, and number of inductions

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 531-536

  Kumar, Saurabh ^a   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a   Sutherland, Fiona ^a   Spence, Steven J ^a   Finch, Sue ^a   Sparks, Paul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Inducibility; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION INDUCIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863690492     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.968859     Document Type: Article

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