Automatic arrhythmia identification using analysis of the atrioventricular association: Application to a new generation of implantable defibrillators

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 967-973

  Nair, Mohan ^a   Saoudi, Nadir ^a   Kroiss, Daniel ^a,b   Letac, Brice ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^b ELA Recherche   (France)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; defibrillation; tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CYCLE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031058998     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.4.967     Document Type: Article

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