Experimental and Clinical AF Mechanisms: Bridging the Divide

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-92

  Jalife, José ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Fibrillatory conduction; Pulmonary veins; Rotors

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS NODE; WAVELET HYPOTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242596542     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026251517004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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