Characterization of bipolar electrograms during sinus rhythm for complex fractionated atrial electrograms recorded in patients with paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 494-501

  Miyamoto, Koji ^a   Tsuchiya, Takeshi ^a   Nagamoto, Yasutsugu ^a   Yamaguchi, Takanori ^a   Narita, Sumito ^a   Ando, Shin Ichi ^b   Hayashida, Kiyoshi ^c   Tanioka, Yoshito ^d   Takahashi, Naohiko ^e  

^a EP Expert Doctors Team Tsuchiya   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Futsukaichi Hospital   (Japan)

^c Saga Prefectural Hospital Koseikan   (Japan)

^d Omura Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^e OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Complex fractionated atrial electrogram; Low voltage electrogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ANTRUM ISOLATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 77950284265     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq033     Document Type: Article

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