Thinking outside the box: Rotor modulation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Atrial Fibrillation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-95

  Sehra, Ruchir ^a,b   Narayan, Sanjiv M ^a,b   Humme, John ^a,c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; OPERATOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 84882594605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19416911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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