CrossTalk proposal: Rotors have been demonstrated to drive human atrial fibrillation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3163-3166

  Narayan, Sanjiv M ^a,b   Jalife, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVERSION; ELECTRICAL ROTOR; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REFRACTORY PERIOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

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

EID: 84905182316     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.271031     Document Type: Article

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