Useful lessons from body surface mapping

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 773-786

  Taccardi, Bruno ^a,b   Punske, Bonnie B ^a   Lux, Robert L ^a   Macleod, Robert S ^a   Ershler, Philip R ^a   Dustman, Theodore J ^a   Vyhmeister, Yonild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body surface mapping; Epicardial potentials; Inverse problem; Isochrones

Indexed keywords

BODY SURFACE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; ISOLATED HEART; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031846427     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00965.x     Document Type: Review

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