Localized rotational activation in the left atrium during human atrial fibrillation: Relationship to complex fractionated atrial electrograms and low-voltage zones

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1830-1838

  Ghoraani, B ^a   Dalvi, R ^b   Gizurarson, S ^b   Das, M ^b   Ha, A ^b   Suszko, A ^b   Krishnan, S ^c   Chauhan, V S ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activation; Atrial fibrillation; Bipolar voltage; Catheter ablation; Fractionation; Rotation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM;

ACTIVATION; AF; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIPOLAR VOLTAGE; CATHETER ABLATION; CFAE; CL; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; CYCLE LENGTH; EGM; ELECTROGRAM; FI; FRACTIONATION; FRACTIONATION INDEX; INTERQUARTILE RANGE; IQR; LA; LEFT ATRIUM/ATRIAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PV; ROTA; ROTATION; ROTATIONAL ACTIVATION; VERY LOW VOLTAGE; VLV;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84889880238     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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