High-density epicardial mapping of the pulmonary vein-left atrial junction in humans: Insights into mechanisms of pulmonary vein arrhythmogenesis

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 258-264

  Lee, Geoffrey ^a,b   Spence, Steven ^a   Teh, Andrew ^a,b   Goldblatt, John ^a   Larobina, Marco ^a   Atkinson, Victoria ^a   Brown, Robin ^a   Morton, Joseph B ^a,b   Sanders, Prashanthan ^e,f   Kistler, Peter M ^a,b,c,d   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Epicardial mapping; Pulmonary vein electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN HEART LEFT ATRIUM JUNCTION; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EPICARDIAL MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 84856225055     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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