A Technique for Measurement of the Extent of Spatial Organization of Atrial Activation During Atrial Fibrillation in the Intact Human Heart

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 579-586

  Botteron, Gregory W ^a   Smith, Joseph M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; PROCAINAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEASUREMENT;

ADENOSINE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PROCAINAMIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029053297     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.387197     Document Type: Article

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