Short Title
Relationship between Atrial fibrosis and Atrial Fibrillation Rotors
Toshihiro Nakamura, MD1, Kunihiko Kiuchi, MD, FHRS1, Koji Fukuzawa, MD1, Mitsuru Takami, MD1, Yoshiaki Watanabe, MD2, Yu Izawa, MD1, Hideya Suehiro, MD1, Tomomi Akita, MD1, Makoto Takemoto, MD1,
Jun Sakai, MD1, Atsusuke Yatomi, MD1, Yusuke Sonoda, MD1,
Hiroyuki Takahara, MD1, Kazutaka Nakasone, MD1,
Kyoko Yamamoto, MD1, Noriyuki Negi, RT3, Atsushi Kono, MD2,
Takashi Ashihara, MD, PhD4, Ken-ichi Hirata, MD, PhD1
1. Section of arrhythmia, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
2. Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
3. Division of Radiology, Center for Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
4. Department of Medical Informatics and Biomedical Engineering, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
Corresponding author: Kunihiko Kiuchi
Section of Arrhythmia, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
650-0017, Kusunoki-Cho 7-5-2, Chuoh-Ku, Kobe, Japan
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E-mail: kunihikokiuchi@yahoo.co.jp