Detection of reentry currents in atrial flutter by magnetocardiography

P C Ribeiro; A C Bruno; P L Saboia e Silva; C R Barbosa; E P Ribeiro; E C Monteiro; A F Costa

doi:10.1109/10.148389

Detection of reentry currents in atrial flutter by magnetocardiography

IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 1992 Aug;39(8):818-24. doi: 10.1109/10.148389.

Authors

P C Ribeiro¹, A C Bruno, P L Saboia e Silva, C R Barbosa, E P Ribeiro, E C Monteiro, A F Costa

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Fisica, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

PMID: 1505995
DOI: 10.1109/10.148389

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis*
Atrial Flutter / diagnosis*
Computer Simulation*
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Magnetics*
Rabbits