Processing of intracardiac electrograms in atrial fibrillation: Diagnosis of electropathological substrate of AF

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 40-51

  Houben, Richard P M ^c   Allessie, Maurits A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 33845895758     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/EMB-M.2006.250507     Document Type: Review

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