The novel electrophysiology of complex fractionated atrial electrograms: Insight from noncontact unipolar electrograms

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 640-648

  Lo, Li Wei ^a,b   Higa, Satoshi ^c   Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a,b   Chang, Shih Lin ^a,b   Tuan, Ta Chuan ^a,b   Hu, Yu Feng ^a,b   Tsai, Wen Chin ^a,b   Tsao, Hsuan Ming ^b   Tai, Ching Tai ^a,b   Ishigaki, Sugako ^c   Oyakawa, Asuka ^c   Maeda, Minetaka ^c   Suenari, Kazuyoshi ^a,b   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complex fractionated atrial electrograms; Mapping

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEVICES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEART; HEART ATRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77952659998     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01679.x     Document Type: Article

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