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An atrial fibrillation rotor, mapped conventionally
Author(s) -
Varma Niraj,
Rizzo Raymond,
Wisnoskey Brian
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/jce.14329
Subject(s) - reentry , medicine , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , rotor (electric) , mechanism (biology) , ablation , electrical engineering , engineering , philosophy , epistemology
Abstract This case illustrates that the condition of atrial fibrillation (AF) may harbor site(s) of regular rotational activity, reentry may be an underlying mechanism, high periodicity and wavebreak through areas of the scar may generate fibrillatory conduction, and disintegration of the “rotor” may not abolish AF.