Endocardial potential mapping from a noncontact nonexpandable catheter: A feasibility study

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 994-1009

  Liu, Zhiwei W ^a   Jia, Ping ^a   Biblo, Lee A ^a   Taccardi, Bruno ^b   Rudy, Yoram ^a,c  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ep catheter mapping; Noncontact endocardial mapping; Simultaneous endocardial mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0032200949     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.32     Document Type: Article

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