Complex fractionated electrograms and AF nests in vagally mediated atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1497-1503

  Oh, Seil ^a   Kong, Hyoun Joong ^a   Choi, Eue Keun ^a   Kim, Hee Chan ^a   Choi, Yun Shik ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; sinus rhythm; spectrum analysis; substrate

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; SINUS RHYTHM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 78650117190     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02834.x     Document Type: Article

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