Detection of atrial activity from high-voltage leads of implantable ventricular defibrillators using a cancellation technique

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-234

  Shkurovich, Sergio ^a   Sahakian, Alan V ^a,b   Swiryn, Steven ^b,c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive signal processing; Antitachycardia devices; Atrial fibrillation; Electrograms; Rhythm classification; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATIENT TREATMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING; ANTITACHYCARDIA DEVICES; ATRIAL ACTIVITY; ELECTROGRAMS; RHYTHM CLASSIFICATION;

DEFIBRILLATORS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0032006621     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.661270     Document Type: Article

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