The recording of monophasic action potentials with fractal-coated iridium electrodes in humans

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-62

  Zrenner, Bernhard ^a,b   Ndrepepa, Gjin ^a   Müssig, Dirk ^c   Stöbe, Claudio ^a   Schneider, Michael A E ^a   Karch, Martin R ^a   Plewan, Andreas ^a   Schömig, Albert ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Fractal coated electrodes; Monophasic action potentials

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM; SILVER; SILVER CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETER; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0033955031     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00650.x     Document Type: Article

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