Relationship between the spectral characteristics of atrial fibrillation and atrial tachycardias that occur after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-17

  Yoshida, Kentaro ^b   Chugh, Aman ^b   Ulfarsson, Magnus ^a   Good, Eric ^b   Kuhne, Michael ^b   Crawford, Thomas ^b   Sarrazin, Jean F ^b   Chalfoun, Nagib ^b   Wells, Darryl ^b   Boonyapisit, Warangkna ^b   Veerareddy, Srikar ^b   Billakanty, Sreedhar ^b   Wong, Wai S ^b   Jongnarangsin, Krit ^b   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^b   Bogun, Frank ^b   Morady, Fred ^b   Oral, Hakan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachycardia; Catheter ablation; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROGNOSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 58049149146     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.09.031     Document Type: Article

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