Detection of reentry currents in atrial flutter by magnetocardiography.

Ribeiro, P C; Bruno, A C; Saboia e Silva, P L; Barbosa, C R; Ribeiro, E P; Monteiro, E C; Costa, A F · IEEE Trans Biomed Eng · 1992

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We discuss the use of magnetocardiography to detect reentry currents in cardiac flutter and fibrillation. The magnetic field produced by induced atrial flutter was measured in isolated rabbit hearts. A moving dipole model is proposed to treat the experimental data and to locate the reentry path.

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