Quantitative Analysis of Localized Sources Identified by Focal Impulse and Rotor Modulation Mapping in Atrial Fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 554-561

  Benharash, Peyman ^a   Buch, Eric ^a   Frank, Paul ^a   Share, Michael ^a   Tung, Roderick ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a   Mandapati, Ravi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ABLATION CATHETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE AREA; ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939796802     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.002721     Document Type: Article

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