Multiple wavelets, rotors, and snakes in atrial fibrillation-a computer simulation study

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 328-334

  Reumann, Matthias ^a   Bohnert, Julia ^a   Osswald, Brigitte ^b   Hagl, Siegfried ^b   Doessel, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Computer simulation; Reentry; Supraventricular dysrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART EXCITATION; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 34250703779     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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