The quest for rotors in atrial fibrillation: Different nets catch different fishes

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1440-1441

  Berenfeld, Omer ^a   Oral, Hakan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BREATHING PATTERN; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ROTOR; SHEEP;

EID: 84865630830     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.04.029     Document Type: Editorial

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