Electroanatomic properties of the pulmonary veins: Slowed conduction, low voltage and altered refractoriness in AF patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1083-1091

  Teh, Andrew W ^a   Kistler, Peter M ^a,b   Lee, Geoffrey ^a   Medi, Caroline ^a   Heck, Patrick M ^a   Spence, Steven ^a   Morton, Joseph B ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^c   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; electroanatomic mapping; pulmonary veins; voltage mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 80054731122     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02089.x     Document Type: Article

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