Left atrial wall stress distribution and its relationship to electrophysiologic remodeling in persistent atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 351-360

  Hunter, Ross J ^a   Liu, Yankai ^b   Lu, Yiling ^b   Wang, Wen ^b   Schilling, Richard J ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AF; Catheter ablation; CFAE; Complex fractionated atrial electrogram; Stretch; Wall stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL WALL STRESS; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL SEPTUM; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862247262     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.965541     Document Type: Article

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