Non-invasive detection of conduction pathways to left atrium using magnetocardiography: Validation by intra-cardiac electroanatomic mapping

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-177

  Jurkko, Raija ^a   Mäntynen, Ville ^a,b   Tapanainen, Jari M ^a   Montonen, Juha ^a   Väänänen, Heikki ^b   Parikka, Hannu ^a   Toivonen, Lauri ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electroanatomic mapping; Inter atrial conduction; Magnetocardiography

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DISOPYRAMIDE; FLECAINIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; P WAVE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; THORAX; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 59449095732     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun335     Document Type: Article

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