The influence of fat thickness on the human epicardial bipolar electrogram characteristics: Measurements on patients undergoing open-heart surgery

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 949-953

  Saba, Magdi M ^a   Akella, Jagan ^a   Gammie, James ^a   Poston, Robert ^a   Johnson, Anthony ^a   Hood, Robert E ^a   Dickfeld, Timm Michael ^a   Shorofsky, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Electrogram amplitude; Epicardial; Epicardial fat; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; FAT THICKNESS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PERICARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 67650889083     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup156     Document Type: Article

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