Can mapping and ablation of atrial fibrillation be guided by frequency analysis of fibrillatory waves?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a,b   Tai, Ching Tai ^a,b   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrium; Fibrillation; Fourier analysis; Mapping; Pulmonary veins; Superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33751177296     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00632.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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