Computer-assisted animation of atrial tachyarrhythmias recorded with a 64-electrode basket catheter

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2051-2060

  Zrenner, Bernhard ^a   Ndrepepa, Gjin ^a   Schneider, Michael ^a   Karch, Martin ^a   Hofmann, Florian ^a   Schömig, Albert ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 0033430266     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00454-4     Document Type: Article

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