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Understanding atrial fibrillation / Peter Spector.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spector, Peter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atrial fibrillation.
- Atrial Fibrillation--physiopathology.
- Atrial Fibrillation--diagnosis.
- Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac--methods.
- Cardiac Electrophysiology--methods.
- Models, Cardiovascular.
- Medical Subjects:
- Atrial Fibrillation--physiopathology.
- Atrial Fibrillation--diagnosis.
- Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac--methods.
- Cardiac Electrophysiology--methods.
- Models, Cardiovascular.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 168 pages)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part I Building blocks of fibrillation p. 1
- Excitation and propagation p. 1
- Source-sink relationships p. 2
- What determines source-sink balance? p. 3
- Propagation and reentry p. 4
- Requirements for reentry p. 4
- What makes a circuit? p. 6
- Source-sink balance and rotors p. 6
- Wave length p. 8
- Wave length, path length, and reentry p. 9
- Restitution p. 10
- Initiating reentry p. 11
- Part II Atrial fibrillation mechanisms p. 21
- The evolution of current concepts p. 21
- The mass hypothesis of atrial fibrillation p. 30
- Principles of propagation: Implications for fibrillation p. 32
- Focal rotors p. 52
- Micro-reentry p. 55
- Fibrillatory conduction or multi-wavelet reentry? p. 66
- Location of atrial fibrillation drivers p. 76
- Principles of propagation: Driver interactions in fibrillation p. 87
- Part III Working with incomplete information p. 93
- Cardiac mapping p. 93
- Sample density and atrial fibrillation p. 115
- What should we do with the patient who comes to the lab tomorrow? Putting it all together (without "it all") p. 128
- Putting it all together: Atrial fibrillation in three questions p. 132.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 18, 2019).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Arthur Bernstein Cardiology Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Spector, Peter. Understanding atrial fibrillation.
- ISBN:
- 9781119524618
- 111952461X
- 9781119524632
- 1119524636
- 9781119524625
- 1119524628
- Publisher Number:
- 99982188443
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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