Can P wave wavelet analysis predict atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 305-309

  Vassilikos, Vassilios P ^a,c   Dakos, George ^a   Chouvarda, Ioanna ^a   Karagounis, Labros ^b   Karvounis, Haralambos ^a   Maglaveras, Nikolaos ^a   Mochlas, Sotirios ^a   Spanos, Panagiotis ^a   Louridas, George ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Morlet wavelet analysis; P wave; Post CABG atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORLET WAVELET ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; P WAVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0037247442     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00038.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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