title: Electrophysiologic aspects of human atrial fibrillation.
abstract: This article reviews the important developments that have led to current understanding of atrial fibrillation, the data that support its mechanistic dependence on various forms of reentrant excitation, and the resultant electrophysiologic and clinical implications of clinicians' evolving understanding.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Lindsay
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects; D000818:Animals; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016275:Atrial Function; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D018780:Body Surface Potential Mapping; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004566:Electrodes; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000150:complications