Biatrial and three-dimensional mapping of spontaneous atrial arrhythmias in patients with refractory atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 494-504

  Saksena, Sanjeev ^a,b,c   Skadsberg, Nicholas D ^d   Rao, Hygriv B ^a,b   Filipecki, Artur ^a,b  

^a Electrophysiology Research Foundation   (United States)

^b Eastern Heart Institute   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachycardia; Cardiac mapping; Mechanisms of arrhythmias; Three dimensional mapping of arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 18244384977     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.40531.x     Document Type: Article

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