Elusive atrial substrate: Complex fractionated atrial electrograms and beyond

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1886-1890

  Singh, Jagmeet P ^a   Ptaszek, Leon M ^a   Verma, Atul ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Complex fractionated atrial electrogram

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650080909     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.08.027     Document Type: Article

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