Computational Mapping Identifies Localized Mechanisms for Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Narayan, Sanjiv M ^a   Krummen, David E ^a   Enyeart, Michael W ^a   Rappel, Wouter Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; COMPUTATIONAL MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; GEOMETRY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84866877399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046034     Document Type: Article

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