title: Detection of reentry currents in atrial flutter by magnetocardiography.
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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisica, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Saboia e Silva
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008280:Magnetics; D011817:Rabbits