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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1983-9-20
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Little attention has been paid to the atrial fibrillatory waves (f waves) in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. The present study attempted (1) to compare the f wave size in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with that in persistent fibrillation, and (2) to examine whether the f wave size can predict the development of persistent from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. The size of the f waves was measured in 60 patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation of non-rheumatic etiology (group A), 87 patients with persistent atrial fibrillation of non-rheumatic etiology (group B), and 34 patients with persistent atrial fibrillation of rheumatic etiology (group C). The f wave size in group A was 1.1 +/- 0.1 mm (mean +/- SE) which was significantly smaller than 1.6 +/- 0.1 mm in group B and 2.2 +/- 0.2 mm in group C (p less than 0.01, respectively). Among patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, persistent atrial fibrillation developed in 9 of 19 patients (47.4%) with f wave size of 1.2 mm or more, and only in 5 of 41 patients (12.2%) with f wave size of less than 1.2 mm. These results indicate that paroxysmal atrial fibrillation generally has smaller f waves than persistent atrial fibrillation, but that the presence of larger f waves indicates potential development of persistent atrial fibrillation.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
May
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| pubmed:issn |
0021-4868
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
24
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
309-14
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1983
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Fibrillatory wave size in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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