Temporo-spatial stability of complex fractionated atrial electrograms in two distinct and separate episodes of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1440-1444

  Redfearn, Damian P ^a   Simpson, Christopher S ^a   Abdollah, Hoshiar ^a   Baranchuk, Adrian M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; CFAE; Fractionation; Temporo spatial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 71049169185     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup287     Document Type: Article

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