Properties of Unipolar Electrograms Recorded with a Multielectrode Basket Catheter

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Potse, Mark ^a,f   Van Dessel, Pascal F H M ^b,c   Linnenbank, André C ^a,c   Grimbergen, Cornelis A ^a,d   Van Hemel, Norbert M ^c   De Bakker, Jacques M T ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ablation; Endocardial mapping; Unipolar electrograms; VT

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BASKET CATHETER; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART CATHETER; HEART PACING; HUMAN; ISOLATED HEART; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE; SWINE;

EID: 0842306382     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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