Heart Rhythm
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 506-517 , April 2010

Transmural characteristics of atrial fibrillation in canine models of structural and electrical atrial remodeling assessed by simultaneous epicardial and endocardial mapping

Received 8 September 2009 ,Accepted 30 December 2009.

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 Supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant RO1-HL072854 (Dr. Olgin) and by the American Heart Association Western Affiliate Beginning Grant-in-Aid (Dr. Everett).

PII: S1547-5271(10)00006-8

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.12.030

Heart Rhythm
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 506-517 , April 2010

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