Rotors and spiral waves in atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 776-780

  Jalife, José ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrillatory conduction; High frequency reentrant sources; Left atrium; Pulmonary veins; Spiral waves

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REVIEW; VEIN SURGERY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0037487281     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03136.x     Document Type: Review

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