Endoscopic fluorescence mapping of the left atrium: A novel experimental approach for high resolution endocardial mapping in the intact heart

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 916-924

  Kalifa, Jérôme ^a   Klos, Matthew ^a   Zlochiver, Sharon ^a   Mironov, Sergey ^a   Tanaka, Kazuhiko ^a   Ulahannan, Netha ^a   Yamazaki, Masatoshi ^a   Jalife, José ^a   Berenfeld, Omer ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Endoscope; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE; GASTROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINUS RHYTHM; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ENDOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HEART ATRIA; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; SHEEP;

EID: 34250770123     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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