The effects of pulmonary vein isolation on the dominant frequency and organization of coronary sinus electrical activity during permanent atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1201-1208

  Razavi, Mehdi ^a   Zhang, Shulong ^a   Delapasse, Scott ^a   Yang, Donghui ^a   Ai, Tomohiko ^a   Kar, Biswajit ^a   Younis, George ^a   Rasekh, Abdi ^a   Cheng, Jie ^a,b  

^a TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology; Fibrillation; Mapping; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 33750738902     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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