EditorialRe-evaluating the multiple wavelet hypothesis for atrial fibrillation
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Present study
In a study reported in a recent issue of Heart Rhythm Journal, Lee et al6 repeated the original canine studies of Moe et al,1 using elegant high-resolution simultaneous biatrial mapping. Lee et al initiated AF in 6 adult mongrel dogs by rapid atrial pacing during vagal nerve stimulation. They recorded epicardial electrograms from 510 unipolar electrodes (0.5-mm size, 0.7-mm interelectrode distance) throughout the left atrium (n = 162), including between the pulmonary veins (n = 24), Bachmann
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Funding sources: Dr Narayan is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health (HL R01 149134, HL R01 83359).
Disclosures: Dr Narayan reports that he is a consultant for Beyond.ai Inc, Uptodate, Abbott Laboratories, and American College of Cardiology Foundation; and intellectual property rights from University of California Regents and Stanford University. Dr Ganesan has reported that he has no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.