Noncontact mapping of the left ventricle: Insights from validation with transmural contact mapping

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 570-578

  Thiagalingam, Aravinda ^a   Wallace, Elisabeth M ^a   Boyd, Anita C ^a   Eipper, Vicki E ^a   Campbell, Craig R ^a   Byth, Karen ^a   Ross, David L ^a   Kovoor, Pramesh ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology; Mapping; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SHEEP; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 2442516030     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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