Non-invasive assessment of fibrillatory activity in patients with paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation using the Holter ECG

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-66

  Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Sonne, Kai ^a   Esperer, Hans Dieter ^a   Toepffer, Ines ^a   Langberg, Jonathan J ^b   Klein, Helmut U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic agents; Arrhythmia (mechanisms); Atrial fibrillation; ECG; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE; IBUTILIDE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0033214495     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00156-X     Document Type: Article

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