Left atrial fibrillation with regular right atrial activation and a single left-to-right electrical interatrial connection: Multisite mapping of dissimilar atrial rhythms

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 587-592

  Ndrepepa, Gjin ^a   Zrenner, Bernhard ^a   Schreieck, Jurgen ^a   Karch, Martin R ^a   Schneider, Michael A E ^a   Schömig, Albert ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Basket catheter; Dissimilar atrial rhythms; Interatrial connections; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034030524     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00014.x     Document Type: Article

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