Prolonged atrial refractoriness predicts the onset of atrial fibrillation: A 12-year follow-up study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1575-1580

  Lee, Jung Myung ^a,b   Lee, Hancheol ^b   Janardhan, Ajit H ^c   Park, Junbeom ^d   Joung, Boyoung ^b   Pak, Hui Nam ^b   Lee, Moon Hyoung ^b   Kim, Sung Soon ^b,e   Hwang, Hye Jin ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Health First   (United States)

^d Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^e Armed Forces Capital Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial refractoriness; Effective refractory period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HEART RATE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84991463649     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.03.037     Document Type: Article

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