A new method for analysis of atrial activation during chronic atrial fibrillation in man

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 198-210

  Holm, Magnus ^a,b   Johansson, Rolf ^a,c   Bertil Olsson, S ^b   Brandt, Johan ^b   Lührs, Carsten ^b  

^a IEEE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL ACTIVATION; ATRIAL BIPOLAR ELECTROGRAMS; CHRONIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; LOCAL ACTIVATION TIME; MEDIAN ACTIVATION TIME;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; TISSUE; VECTORS;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030087923     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.481989     Document Type: Article

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