Electrophysiologic changes in arrhythmogenic substrate following the maze procedure in patients with lone and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 988-996

  Shimizu, Wataru ^a,b   Kosakai, Yoshio ^a   Inagaki, Masashi ^a   Kurita, Takashi ^a   Suyama, Kazuhiro ^a   Aihara, Naohiko ^a   Kamakura, Shiro ^a   Isobe, Fumitaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Atrial fibrillation; Conduction block; Maze procedure; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRYOSURGERY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; SINUS NODE; SINUS RHYTHM; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031393547     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.61.988     Document Type: Article

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