High-rate pacing-induced atrial fibrillation effectively reveals properties of spontaneously occurring paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in humans

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1560-1566

  Calvo, David ^a   Atienza, Felipe ^a   Jalife, José ^b   Martínez Alzamora, Nieves ^c   Bravo, Loreto ^a   Almendral, Jesús ^a   González Torrecilla, Esteban ^a   Arenal, Ángel ^a   Bermejo, Javier ^a   Fernández Avilés, Francisco ^a   Berenfeld, Omer ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Dominant frequency; Inducibility; Left atrial diameter; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 84868544986     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus180     Document Type: Article

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