Mechanisms of atrial fibrillation and flutter and implications for management. Export

@article{citeulike:796823, abstract = {Both electrophysiologic and anatomical substrates are important in the generation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation. This review discusses the nature of re-entrant wavefronts in atrial fibrillation and the importance of anatomical structures, such as the pectinate muscles, in the generation and maintenance of re-entry. The involvement of the pectinate muscle structure on intra-atrial re-entry may have significant implications for both ablation and pharmacologic management of patients with atrial fibrillation.}, address = {Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, USA.}, author = {Chen, P. S. and Athill, C. A. and Wu, T. J. and Ikeda, T. and Ong, J. J. and Karagueuzian, H. S.}, citeulike-article-id = {796823}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10568671}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=10568671}, day = {4}, issn = {0002-9149}, journal = {Am J Cardiol}, keywords = {prospectus}, month = {November}, number = {9A}, posted-at = {2006-08-11 00:07:52}, priority = {3}, title = {Mechanisms of atrial fibrillation and flutter and implications for management.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10568671}, volume = {84}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:796823 L3 - citeulike-article-id:796823 N2 - Both electrophysiologic and anatomical substrates are important in the generation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation. This review discusses the nature of re-entrant wavefronts in atrial fibrillation and the importance of anatomical structures, such as the pectinate muscles, in the generation and maintenance of re-entry. The involvement of the pectinate muscle structure on intra-atrial re-entry may have significant implications for both ablation and pharmacologic management of patients with atrial fibrillation. IS - 9A JF - Am J Cardiol SN - 0002-9149 AD - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, USA. TI - Mechanisms of atrial fibrillation and flutter and implications for management. VL - 84 KW - prospectus AU - Chen, PS AU - Athill, CA AU - Wu, TJ AU - Ikeda, T AU - Ong, JJ AU - Karagueuzian, HS PY - 1999/11/04/ UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10568671 ER -