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A new algorithm to visualize the individual relationship between electrical rotors from non-invasive panoramic mapping and atrial fibrosis to guide ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation

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  1. Electrophysiology Bremen, Heart Center Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Christian Sohns

  2. Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany

    Christian Sohns, Andreas Metzner & Karl-Heinz Kuck

  3. Department of Сardiac Electrophysiology, Almazov National Medical Research Centre, St-Petersburg, Russia

    Mikhail Chmelevsky

  4. EP Solutions SA, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland

    Mikhail Chmelevsky

  5. Electrophysiology Bremen, Electrophysiology Center Bremen, Senator Weßling Straße 1, 28277, Bremen, Germany

    Christian Sohns

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Sohns, C., Metzner, A., Chmelevsky, M. et al. A new algorithm to visualize the individual relationship between electrical rotors from non-invasive panoramic mapping and atrial fibrosis to guide ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation. Clin Res Cardiol 107, 444–446 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-017-1196-9

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