Evidence for transient linking of atrial excitation during atrial fibrillation in humans

Circulation

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 375-382

  Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Sahakian, Alan V ^a   Swiryn, Steven ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheters; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART EXCITATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0026668250     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.86.2.375     Document Type: Article

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