Maintenance of Atrial Fibrillation: Are Reentrant Drivers With Spatial Stability the Key?

Overview

Journal Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2016 Oct 13

PMID 27729340

Citations 23

Authors

Brian J Hansen

Thomas A Csepe

Jichao Zhao

Anthony J Ignozzi

John D Hummel

Vadim V Fedorov

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