Termination of atrial fibrillation using pulsed low-energy far-field stimulation

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 467-476

  Fenton, Flavio H ^a   Luther, Stefan ^a,c,d   Cherry, Elizabeth M ^a   Otani, Niels F ^a   Krinsky, Valentin ^d   Pumir, Alain ^e   Bodenschatz, Eberhard ^b,c   Gilmour, Robert F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrium; Cardioversion; Fibrillation; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FAR FIELD ANTIFIBRILLATION PACING; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; SAFETY; SIMULATION; WAVEFORM; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART PACING; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOGS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 69449093433     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.825091     Document Type: Article

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