Focal source hypothesis of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages 32-34

  Chen, Peng Sheng ^a,b   Wu, Tsu Juey ^a   Ikeda, Takanori ^a   Ong, James J C ^a   Kim, Young Hoon ^a   Yashima, Masaaki ^a   Doshi, Rahul ^a   Hwang, Chun ^a   Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSMC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 0032418224     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(98)90280-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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