Bayés' syndrome: The association between interatrial block and supraventricular arrhythmias

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 541-550

  Conde, Diego ^a   Seoane, Leonardo ^a   Gysel, Michael ^b   Mitrione, Soledad ^a   Bayés De Luna, Antoni ^c   Baranchuk, Adrian ^b  

^a INSTITUTO CARDIOVASCULAR DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Institut Català de Ciències Cardiovasculars   (Spain)

Author keywords

atrial aberrancy; atrial fibrillation; atrial flutter; atrial remodeling; Bachmann's bundle; Bay s' syndrome; interatrial block; magnetocardiography; stroke; supraventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; BAYES SYNDROME; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PACING; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTERATRIAL BLOCK; P WAVE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; PURKINJE FIBER; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINUS NODE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNDROME; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 84928605688     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.2015.1037283     Document Type: Review

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