Ablation as targeted perturbation to rewire communication network of persistent atrial fibrillation

Susumu Tao; Samuel F. Way; Joshua Garland; Jonathan Chrispin; Luisa A. Ciuffo; Muhammad A. Balouch; Saman Nazarian; David D. Spragg; Joseph E. Marine; Ronald D. Berger; Hugh Calkins; Hiroshi Ashikaga

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179459

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Ablation as targeted perturbation to rewire communication network of persistent atrial fibrillation

Susumu Tao,

Affiliation Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Samuel F. Way,

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Joshua Garland,

Affiliation Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
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Jonathan Chrispin,

Affiliation Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Luisa A. Ciuffo,

Affiliation Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Muhammad A. Balouch,

Affiliation Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Saman Nazarian,

Affiliation Section for Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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David D. Spragg,

Affiliation Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Joseph E. Marine,

Affiliation Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Ronald D. Berger,

Affiliations Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Hugh Calkins,

Affiliation Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Hiroshi Ashikaga

* E-mail: hashika1@jhmi.edu

Affiliations Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3689-6892

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Ablation as targeted perturbation to rewire communication network of persistent atrial fibrillation

Susumu Tao,
Samuel F. Way,
Joshua Garland,
Jonathan Chrispin,
Luisa A. Ciuffo,
Muhammad A. Balouch,
Saman Nazarian,
David D. Spragg,
Joseph E. Marine,
Ronald D. Berger

Published: July 5, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179459

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