Modeling of Atrial Fibrillation

Cardiac Mapping: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 131-139

  Virag, Nathalie ^a   Jacquemet, Vincent ^b   Kappenberger, Lukas ^c  

^a Medtronic Europe ^*  (Switzerland)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Lausanne Heart Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ablation; Antiarrhythmic drugs; Atrial fibrillation; Computer modeling; Integrative research; Ionic currents; Pacing; Patient specific modeling; Transmembrane potentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886460143     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118481585.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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