Effect of the ectopic beats location on vulnerability to reentries in a three dimensional realistic model of human atria

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2009, Pages 449-452

  Tobón Zuluaga, Catalina ^a   Ruiz, C ^a,b   Heidenreich, E ^c   Hornero, F ^d   Saiz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LOCATIONS; ATRIAL CELLS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA; ECTOPIC BEATS; ELECTROGRAMS; LEFT ATRIUMS; PULMONARY VEINS; REALISTIC MODEL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MODEL;

CARDIOLOGY; LOCATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77952706716     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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