Advanced mapping techniques in atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-159

  Lickfett, Lars ^a   Schwab, Jörg O ^a   Lewalter, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complex fractionated atrial electrogram; Pulmonary vein; Substrate mapping

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 47349110085     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9245-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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