Advanced Interatrial Block Predicts New Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Severe Heart Failure and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 586-591

  Sadiq Ali, Fariha ^a   Enriquez, Andres ^a   Conde, Diego ^b   Redfearn, Damian ^a   Michael, Kevin ^a   Simpson, Christopher ^a   Abdollah, Hoshiar ^a   Bayés De Luna, Antoni ^a,c   Hopman, Wilma ^a   Baranchuk, Adrian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO CARDIOVASCULAR DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; cardiac resynchronization; heart failure; interatrial block

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ADVANCED INTERATRIAL BLOCK; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84957800082     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anec.12258     Document Type: Article

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