Acute atrial stretch results in conduction slowing and complex signals at the pulmonary vein to left atrial junction: Insights into the mechanism of pulmonary vein arrhythmogenesis

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1189-1197

  Walters, Tomos E ^a,b   Lee, Geoffrey ^a,b   Spence, Steven ^a   Larobina, Marco ^a   Atkinson, Victoria ^a   Antippa, Phillip ^a   Goldblatt, John ^a   O'Keefe, Michael ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^c   Kistler, Peter M ^b,d   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiology; Pulmonary vein; Stretch

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ATRIAL STRETCH; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PLAQUE ACTIVATION TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN LEFT ATRIAL JUNCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; ACTION POTENTIAL; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTORY PERIOD; TIME;

CRYSTALLOID; ISOTONIC SOLUTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; ATRIAL PRESSURE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925546702     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.001894     Document Type: Article

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