Stable microreentrant sources as a mechanism of atrial fibrillation in the isolated sheep heart

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 194-199

  Mandapati, Ravi ^a   Skanes, Allan ^a   Chen, Jay ^a   Berenfeld, Omer ^a   Jalife, José ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrium; Fourier analysis; Imaging; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SHEEP;

EID: 0033982583     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.2.194     Document Type: Article

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