Adaptation of the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram system dedicated to the analysis of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68.e1-68.e8

  Ihara, Zenichi ^a   van Oosterom, Adriaan ^b   Jacquemet, Vincent ^a   Hoekema, Rudi ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Body surface potentials; Information content; Lead systems

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; GEOMETRY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STANDARD; THORAX;

EID: 33845791058     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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