Differentiating between atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation using right atrial bipolar endocardial signals;Diferenciación entre aleteo y fibrilación auricular en los electrogramas bipolares de aurícula derecha

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-109

  Isa, Rodrigo ^a   Villacastín, Julián ^a   Moreno, Javier ^a   Pérez Castellano, Nicasio ^a   Salinas, Jorge ^a   Doblado, Manuel ^a   Morales, Ricardo ^a   Macaya, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HEART ATRIUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33947599588     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13099456     Document Type: Article

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