High-resolution signal-averaged analysis of atrial electromagnetic characteristics in patients with paroxysmal lone atrial fibrillation

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 378-385

  Jurkko, Raija ^a   Väänänen, Heikki ^a,b   Mäntynen, Ville ^a,b   Kuusisto, Jouni ^a   Mäkijärvi, Markku ^a   Toivonen, Lauri ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Magnetocardiography; Signal analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 54349118978     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2008.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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