High-density activation mapping of fractionated electrograms in the atria of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-34

  Rostock, Thomas ^a   Rotter, Martin ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a   Takahashi, Yoshihide ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Hsu, Li Fern ^a   Sacher, Fréderic ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Fractionated electrograms; Mapping

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 30444460240     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.09.019     Document Type: Article

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