Discrimination of sinus rhythm, atrial flutter, and atrial fibrillation using bipolar endocardial signals

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 689-695

  Jung, Jens ^a   Hohenberg, Gregor ^a   Heisel, Armin ^a   Strauss, Daniel ^a   Schieffer, Hermann ^a   Fries, Roland ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhytmia detection; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0031817334     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00955.x     Document Type: Article

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