Distribution of patients' paroxysmal atrial tachyarrhythmia episodes: Implications for detection of treatment efficacy

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-130

  Kaemmerer, William F ^a,b   Rose, M Sarah ^b   Mehra, Rahul ^a,b  

^a MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trial design; Exponential distribution; Paroxysmal atrial tachyarrhythmia; Statistical modeling; Treatment efficacy; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEFIBRILLATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; IMPLANT; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035109599     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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