Change in distant atrial activation patterns during circumferential pacemapping of pulmonic vein ostium: Implications for localizing triggers for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-194

  Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Rho, Robert W ^a   Patel, Vickas ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation patterns; Atrial fibrillation; Localization; Pace map; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM TERMINAL CREST; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL MAGNETIC ELECTRO ANATOMIC MAP; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 0038726166     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023965104924     Document Type: Article

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