Mechanism and mapping of atrial arrhythmia in the modified Fontan circulation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1138-1144

  Abrams, Dominic ^a   Schilling, Richard ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia mechanism; Atrial mapping; Fontan procedure

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 26944468293     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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