Ectopic and reentrant activation patterns in the posterior left atrium during stretch-related atrial fibrillation

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 269-277

  Yamazaki, Masatoshi ^a   Filgueiras Rama, David ^a   Berenfeld, Omer ^a,b   Kalifa, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial dilatation; Atrial fibrillation; Ectopic activity; Optical mapping; Pulmonary veins; Reentry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; MECHANICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PRESSURE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HEART ATRIA; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; PULMONARY VEINS;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84868150737     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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