Electrocardiographic P wave changes after thoracoscopic pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-282

  Nassif, Martina ^a   Krul, Sébastien P J ^a   Driessen, Antoine H G ^a   Deneke, Thomas ^b   Wilde, Arthur A M ^a   De Bakker, Jacques M T ^a,c   De Groot, Joris R ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Heart Center Bad Neustadt   (Germany)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrocardiography; P wave; Pulmonary vein isolation; Reverse remodeling; Thoracoscopic ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882255669     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-013-9802-x     Document Type: Article

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