Prolonged atrial effective refractory periods in atrial fibrillation patients associated with structural heart disease or sinus node dysfunction compared with lone atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-171

  Uhm, Jae Sun ^a   Mun, Hee Sun ^a   Wi, Jin ^a   Shim, Jaemin ^a   Joung, Boyoung ^a   Lee, Moon Hyoung ^a   Pak, Hui Nam ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; refractory period; sinus node dysfunction; structural heart disease

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LONE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS NODE DISEASE; STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 84873360815     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12037     Document Type: Article

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