Spatial relationships between the pulmonary veins and sites of complex fractionated atrial electrograms during atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Jian ^a   Off, Morten Kristian ^a   Solheim, Eivind ^a   Hoff, Per Ivar ^a   Schuster, Peter ^a   Ohm, Ole Jørgen ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrogram; Endocardial mapping; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 60849111963     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02282.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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