Value of epicardial potential maps in localizing pre-excitation sites for radiofrequency ablation. A simulation study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1449-1468

  Hren, Rok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CELL INTERACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART PREEXCITATION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

BIOPHYSICS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PERICARDIUM; RADIO WAVES; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0031836770     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/6/006     Document Type: Article

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