Form analysis using digital signal processing reliably discriminates far-field R waves from P waves

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1615-1624

  Van Hemel, Norbert M ^a   Wohlgemuth, Peter ^b   Engbers, Jos G ^c   Lawo, Thomas ^d   Nebaznivy, Jan ^e   Taborsky, Milos ^f   Witte, Joachim ^g   Boute, Wim ^b   Munneke, Dave ^b   Van Groeningen, Chris ^b  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Vitatron BV   (Netherlands)

^c Scheper Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial arrhythmias; Classification; Digital signal processing; Far field R wave; P wave

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; P WAVE; R WAVE; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 19944369065     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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