Characteristics of the conduction of the left atrium in atrial fibrillation using non-contact mapping

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-175

  Takashima, Hideo ^a   Kumagai, Koichiro ^b   Matsumoto, Naomichi ^a   Yasuda, Tomoo ^a   Nakashima, Hideko ^b   Yamaguchi, Yoshio ^a   Hida, Satoru ^a   Muraoka, Soichi ^a   Mitsutake, Chiharu ^a   Miura, Shin Ichiro ^a   Saku, Keijiro ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrthythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Non contact mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77956011491     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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