Electrophysiological characteristics of complex fractionated electrograms and high frequency activity in atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2289-2299

  Chang, Shih Lin ^a,b   Chen, Yao Chang ^c   Hsu, Chiao Po ^a,b   Kao, Yu Hsun ^d   Lin, Yung Kuo ^d,e   Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a,b   Wu, Tsu Juey ^a,f   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,b   Chen, Yi Jen ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Complex fractionated electrograms; Dominant frequency; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

2 [2 [4 (4 NITROBENZYLOXY)PHENYL]ETHYL]ISOTHIOUREA METHANESULFONATE; APAMIN; APAMIN SENSITIVE SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL TYPE 2; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ELECTROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RABBIT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; RABBITS;

EID: 84885638615     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.194     Document Type: Article

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