Frequency analysis of human atrial fibrillation using the surface electrocardiogram and its response to ibutilide

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1439-1445

  Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Kanuru, Narendra K ^a   McTeague, Kevin K ^a   Walter, Paul F ^a   DeLurgio, David B ^a   Langberg, Jonathan J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUTILIDE FUMARATE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 0032526050     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00210-0     Document Type: Article

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