Role of fibrillation cycle length in spontaneous and drug-induced termination of human atrial fibrillation: Spectral analysis of fibrillation waves from surface electrocardiogram

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 391-395

  Fujiki, Akira ^a   Sakabe, Masao ^a   Nishida, Kunihiro ^a   Mizumaki, Koichi ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic agents; Atrial fibrillation; Fibrillation cycle length; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0037657969     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.391     Document Type: Article

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