A Simulation Study of Ventricular Rate Smoothing During Atrial Fibrillation

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 159-162

  Lian, Jie ^a   Müssig, Dirk ^a   Lang, Volker ^a  

^a Micro Systems Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Pacing; R R interval; Ventricular rate smoothing

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PACING; R-R INTERVAL; VENTRICULAR RATE SMOOTHING (VRS);

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CARDIOLOGY;

EID: 1542332792     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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