Spontaneous Initiation of Atrial Fibrillation by Ectopic Beats Originating in the Pulmonary Veins

Haı̈ssaguerre, Michel; Jaı̈s, Pierre; Shah, Dipen; Takahashi, Atsushi; Hocini, Mélèze; Quiniou, G.; Garrigue, Stéphane; Le Mouroux, Alain; Le Métayer, Philippe; Clémenty, Jacques

doi:10.1056/nejm199809033391003

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Spontaneous Initiation of Atrial Fibrillation by Ectopic Beats Originating in the Pulmonary Veins

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Sep 3, 1998

Authors:

Michel Haı̈ssaguerre

Pierre Jaı̈s

Dipen Shah

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation, the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and a major cause of stroke, results from simultaneous reentrant wavelets. Its spontaneous initiation has not been studied. METHODS: We studied 45 patients with frequent episodes of atrial fibrillation (mean [+/-SD] durati...

Subject

Medicine

Atrial fibrillation

Cardiology

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