Linear and nonlinear coupling between atrial signals: Three methods for the analysis of the relationships among atrial electrical activities in different sites

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 63-70

  Mainardi, Luca T ^a,b,c,i   Corino, Valentina D A ^j   Lombardi, Leonida ^j   Tondo, Claudio ^d,e,f   Mantica, Massimo ^g   Lombardi, Federico ^a   Cerutti, Sergio ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Biomed Signal Processing Laboratory   (United States)

^c Laboratory of Advanced Radiological Analysis (LARA)   (Italy)

^d SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Istituto Clinico S Ambrogio   (Italy)

^h IEEE

ⁱ POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

EID: 33845909607     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/EMB-M.2006.250509     Document Type: Review

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