A comparison of unipolar and bipolar electrodes during cardiac mapping studies

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1196-1204

  Kimber, S ^a   Downar, Eugene ^a,b   Masse, S ^a   Sevaptsidis, Elias ^a   Chen, Thomas ^a   Mickleborough, Lynda ^a   Parsons, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

bipolar; mapping; unipolar; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN;

EID: 0029785553     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb04189.x     Document Type: Article

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