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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2016 Jul 26;134(6):486–498. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.021165

Table 1.

The characteristics of AF episode in human heart

AF Characteristics
AF Driver Characteristics
Heart No. Condition Duration (s) DF(Hz) Driver Region DF (Hz) CL(ms) Stability Visualization Type


RA LA Avg SD Temporal Spatial
4 Baseline 88 5.3 4.8 RA sup 7.2 141 24 38% unstable BT
5 Baseline 40 5.8 4.2 RA sup 6.6 148 10 79% stable BT/reentry
6 Baseline 29 3.9 4.6 (1) RA sup 6.1 172 19 55% unstable BT
(2) PLA 5.9 182 12 69% unstable BT
Unsustained adenosine-induced AF
3 Ado 10 62 4.8 3.5 RA inf 6.0 144 48 61% unstable BT
3 Ado 100 63 4.1 3.4 RA inf 5.3 204 43 68% unstable BT
13 Ado 100 106 6.4 N/A RA mid 7.8 121 33 64% unstable BT
18 Ado 100 11 7.4 N/A (1)RA sup 8.3 128 20 81% stable BT/reentry
N/A (2)RA mid 8.3 122 10 41% stable BT/reentry
19 Ado 100 42 7.4 N/A RA inf 8.1 117 31 72% unstable BT
Sustained adenosine-induced AF
4 Ado 10 347 6.7 5.3 RA sup 7.2 135 28 100% stable BT/reentry
6 Ado 10 1173 11.6 6.5 RA sup 13.9 81 18 70% unstable BT
10 Ado 10 335 10.2 4.1 RA sup 13.6 74 4 100% stable reentry
1 Ado 100 120 8.8 5.5 RA inf 11.6 86 7 100% stable BT/reentry
2 Ado 100 145 8.5 4.9 RA mid 9.4 106 9 100% stable reentry
4 Ado 100 425 6.8 4.5 RA sup 7.5 138 27 100% stable BT/reentry
5 Ado 100 471 13.2 6.8 (1)RA sup 13.8 71 6 74% stable reentry
(2)RA inf 13.6 72 6 33% stable reentry
10 Ado 100 616 11.2 3.7 RA sup 12.8 78 4 100% stable reentry

Abbreviations: Ado 10/100 = Adenosine 10μM/100 μM; AF = Atrial Fibrillation; APD = Action Potential Duration; BT = Breakthrough; CL = Cycle Length; DF = Dominant Frequency; LA = Left Atria; RA sup/mid/inf = Right atria superior/middle/inferior.