Standardization and validation of an automated algorithm to identify fractionation as a guide for atrial fibrillation ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1134-1141

  Aizer, Anthony ^a   Holmes, Douglas S ^a   Garlitski, Ann C ^b   Bernstein, Neil E ^a   Smyth Melsky, Jane M ^a   Ferrick, Aileen M ^a   Chinitz, Larry A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARDIZATION; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 50949102070     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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