Basic mechanisms of atrial fibrillation—very new insights into very old ideas

S Nattel, D Li, L Yue - Annual Review of Physiology, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) was recognized and studied extensively in the early twentieth
century, but many fundamental aspects of the arrhythmia were poorly understood until quite …

Atrial fibrillation and waveform characterization

S Petrutiu, J Ng, GM Nijm, H Al-Angari… - IEEE engineering in …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The surface electrocardiogram (ECG) is a convenient, cost effective, and noninvasive tool for
the study of atrial fibrillation (AF). It can be used to examine the hypothesized mechanisms of …

A new approach for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: map** of the electrophysiologic substrate

K Nademanee, J McKenzie, E Kosar, M Schwab… - Journal of the American …, 2004 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to test the hypothesis that complex fractionated electrograms (CFAEs)
recorded during atrial fibrillation (AF) could be used as target sites for catheter ablation of …

Ablation of rotor and focal sources reduces late recurrence of atrial fibrillation compared with trigger ablation alone: extended follow-up of the CONFIRM trial …

SM Narayan, T Baykaner, P Clopton, A Schricker… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine if ablation that targets patient-specific
atrial fibrillation (AF)–sustaining substrates (rotors or focal sources) is more durable than …
D Reisfeld - US Patent 6,301,496, 2001 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of diagnosing an abnormal condition in a biologi cal Structure,
Such as the heart, including the Steps of measuring a physiological response at at least …