Electrophysiological characteristics of the Marshall bundle in humans

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 786-793

  Han, Seongwook ^a   Joung, Boyoung ^a   Scanavacca, Mauricio ^c   Sosa, Eduardo ^c   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a   Hwang, Chun ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiology; Ligament of Marshall; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT OF MARSHALL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARSHALL BUNDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77952488890     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.02.028     Document Type: Article

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