Prevalence, characteristics, mapping, and catheter ablation of potential rotors in nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 851-858

  Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a,b   Lo, Men Tzung ^c   Lin, Chen ^c   Chang, Shih Lin ^a,b   Lo, Li Wei ^a,b   Hu, Yu Feng ^a,b   Hsieh, Wan Hsin ^c   Chang, Hung Yu ^a,b   Lin, Wen Yu ^a,b   Chung, Fa Po ^a,b   Liao, Jo Nan ^a,b   Chen, Yun Yu ^a,b   Hanafy, Dicky ^b   Huang, Norden E ^c   Chen, Shih Ann ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Catheter ablation; Electrocardiography; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONATION INTERVAL; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KURTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SIMILARITY INDEX; SMALL RADIUS REENTRANT ROTOR; WAVEFORM; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VEIN; HEART ATRIUM; MAPPING; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VEINS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIUM; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MAPPING;

EID: 84891500111     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000318     Document Type: Article

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