Noninvasive characterization of epicardial activation in humans with diverse atrial fibrillation patterns

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1364-1372

  Cuculich, Phillip S ^a,b   Wang, Yong ^b   Lindsay, Bruce D ^c   Faddis, Mitchell N ^a,b   Schuessler, Richard B ^a,b   Damiano, Ralph J ^a,b   Li, Li ^b   Rudy, Yoram ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmias, cardiac; atrial fibrillation; electrophysiology; medical imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77958467154     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.945709     Document Type: Article

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