Interatrial blocks. A separate entity from left atrial enlargement: A consensus report

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 445-451

  Bayés De Luna, Antonio ^a   Platonov, Pyotr ^b   Cosio, Francisco G ^c   Cygankiewicz, Iwona ^d   Pastore, Carlos ^e   Baranowski, Rafa ^f   Bayés Genis, Antoni ^g   Guindo, Josep ^h   Viñolas, Xavier ⁱ   Garcia Niebla, Javier ^j   Barbosa, Raimundo ^k   Stern, Shlomo ^l   Spodick, David ^m  

^a Institut Català de Ciències Cardiovasculars   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

ⁱ Hospital Sant Pau   (Spain)

^j Valle del Golfo Health Center   (Spain)

^k Hospital de Messejana Dr Carlos A Studart   (Brazil)

^l HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atrial abnormalities; Interatrial blocks; Left atrial enlargement

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERATRIAL BLOCK; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; P WAVE; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; PERICARDITIS; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; QRS COMPLEX; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

CONSENSUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 84865448440     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2012.06.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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