Adrian Baranchuk (ed.) - Interatrial Block and Supraventricular Arrhythmias: Clinical Implications of Bayes’ Syndrome

Adrian Baranchuk, MD, FACC, FRCPC, FCCS

Professor of Medicine (Tenure)

Head, Heart Rhythm Service

Queens University

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

2017 Adrian Baranchuk

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Adrian Baranchuk, MD, FACC, FRCPC, FCCS

Professor of Medicine (Tenure), Head, Heart Rhythm Service, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Bryce Alexander, BSc

Division of Cardiology, Kingston General Hospital, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Antoni Bays de Luna, MD, PhD

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, Barcelona, Spain

Antoni Bays-Gens, MD

Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

Jos Angel Cabrera, MD

Hospital Universitario Quirn-Madrid, European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Lovely Chhabra, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heartland Regional Medical Center, Marion, Illinois, United States

Diego Conde, MD

Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Francisco G. Coso, MD

Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid;
Cardiology Department, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Iwona Cygankiewicz, MD, PhD

Department of Electrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Sterling Regional Center for Heart Diseases, Lodz, Poland

Jean-Claude Daubert, MD

Facult de Mdecine, Universit Rennes 1, Rennes, France

Andres Enriquez, MD

Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Luis Alberto Escobar Robledo, MD

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, Barcelona, Spain

Ignacio Fernndez-Lozano, MD

Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Eusebio Garca Izquierdo, MD

Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Javier Garca-Niebla, RN

Servicios Sanitarios del Area de Salud de El Hierro, Valle del Golfo Health Center, Canary Islands, Spain

Arun Gautam, MD

Department of Medicine, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Benedict M. Glover, MD, FESC

Division of Cardiology, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Shreyas Gowdar, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Martin Green, MD, FRCPC

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Diego Jimnez Sanchez, MD

Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Robert Lemery, MD, FRCPC, FESC, FHRS

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Philippe Mabo, MD

Facult de Mdecine, Universit Rennes 1; Cardiology and Vascular Diseases Division, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France

Marco Marano, MD

Hemodialysis Unit, Maria Rosaria Clinic, Pompeii, Italy

Manuel Martnez-Sells, MD

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maran, Universidad Europea y Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Raphal Martins, MD, PhD

Facult de Mdecine, Universit Rennes 1; Cardiology and Vascular Diseases Division, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France

Albert Mass van-Roessel, MD

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, Barcelona, Spain

Pyotr G. Platonov, MD, PhD, FHRS, FESC

Arrhythmia Clinic, Skne University Hospital; Department of Cardiology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Fariha Sadiq Ali, MD

Division of Cardiology, Kingston General Hospital, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Damin Snchez-Quintana, MD

Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain

David H. Spodick, MD, DSc

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Larisa G. Tereshchenko,