The QT Interval as a Noninvasive Marker of Atrial Refractoriness

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1366-1372

  Nguyen, Kaylin T ^a   Gladstone, Rachel A ^a   Dukes, Jonathan W ^a   Nazer, Babak ^a   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a   Badhwar, Nitish ^a   Vedantham, Vasanth ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Lee, Byron K ^a   Lee, Randall J ^a   Tseng, Zian H ^a   Olgin, Jeffrey E ^a   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a   Marcus, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; QT interval; refractory period

Indexed keywords

DOFETILIDE; DRONEDARONE; FLECAINIDE; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL REFRACTORINESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; ION CURRENT; MALE; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; QT INTERVAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; LONG QT SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOMARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85007255926     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12962     Document Type: Article

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