Use of electroanatomic mapping to delineate transseptal atrial conduction in humans

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 1791-1797

  Roithinger, Franz X ^a,b   Cheng, Jie ^a   SippensGroenewegen, Arne ^a   Lee, Randall J ^a   Saxon, Leslie A ^a   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a   Lesh, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrium; Conduction; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME;

EID: 0032753760     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.17.1791     Document Type: Article

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