Prolonged P-wave duration is associated with atrial fibrillation recurrence after successful pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-138

  Caldwell, Jane ^a   Koppikar, Sahil ^b   Barake, Walid ^b   Redfearn, Damian ^b   Michael, Kevin ^b   Simpson, Christopher ^b   Hopman, Wilma ^b   Baranchuk, Adrian ^b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AF recurrence; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial P wave duration; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; P WAVE; P WAVE DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899108041     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-013-9851-1     Document Type: Article

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