Assessment of global atrial fibrillation organization to optimize timing of atrial defibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 2857-2861

  Everett IV, Thomas H ^a   Moorman, J Randall ^a   Kok, Lai Chow ^a   Akar, Joseph G ^a   Haines, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Defibrillation; Fibrillation; Fourier analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035849511     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.23.2857     Document Type: Article

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