Locating ectopic foci

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 387-398

  Hall, Kevin ^a   Glass, Leon ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ablation; Ectopic foci; Excitable medium; Localization; Mapping; Pacemaker; Resetting; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; EXCITABLE MEMBRANE; EXTRASYSTOLE; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032992383     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00687.x     Document Type: Article

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