CrossTalk opposing view: Rotors have not been demonstrated to be the drivers of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3167-3170

  Allessie, Maurits ^a   de Groot, Natasja ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ALGORITHM; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THERAPY EFFECT; ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 84905179966     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.271809     Document Type: Article

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