Mapping of atrial fibrillation - Basic research and clinical applications

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 139, Issue 35-36, 2009, Pages 496-504

  Eckstein, Jens ^a,b   Kühne, Michael ^b   Osswald, Stefan ^b   Schotten, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anatomical mapping; Animal models; Atrial fibrillation; Clinical mapping; Contact mapping; Endo epicardial mapping; Mapping; MEAs

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 69949148432     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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