Spectral turbulence analysis of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram of the atrial activation as predictor of recurrence of idiopathic and persistent atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-316

  Barbosa, Paulo Roberto Benchimol ^a,b,c   De Souza Bomfim, Alfredo ^a   Barbosa, Eduardo Corrêa ^a   Ginefra, Paulo ^a   Helena Cardoso Boghossian, Silvia ^a   Destro, Cleonilce ^a   Nadal, Jurandir ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic agents; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial late potentials; P wave; Spectral turbulence analysis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SINUS RHYTHM; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33344457278     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.03.073     Document Type: Article

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