Characterization of the critical cycle length of a left atrial driver which causes right atrial fibrillatory conduction

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 VI, Issue , 2004, Pages 3960-3963

  Ryu, K ^a   Khrestian, C M ^b   Matsumoto, N ^b   Sahadevan, J ^b   Goldstein, R N ^b   Dorostkar, P C ^b   Waldo, A L ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Fibrillatory conduction; Frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCIES; MAPPING; PACEMAKERS; RELIABILITY;

ARTIAL FIBRILLATION; FIBRILLATORY CONDUCTION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PERICARDITIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 11144257754     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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