Role of atrial substrate and spatiotemporal organization in atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Kim, Albert M ^a   Olgin, Jeffrey E ^a   Everett IV, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Atrial fibrillation; Dominant frequency; Optical mapping; Spatiotemporal organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 67651174557     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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