Rotor meandering contributes to irregularity in electrograms during atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 846-854

  Zlochiver, Sharon ^a   Yamazaki, Masatoshi ^a   Kalifa, Jérôme ^a   Berenfeld, Omer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrocardiography; Fourier analysis; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SHEEP; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP;

EID: 46349110969     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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