Analysis of atrial fibrillation: From electrocardiogram signal processing to clinical management

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1887, 2009, Pages 235-253

  Sörnmo, By Leif ^a   Stridh, Martin ^a   Husser, Daniela ^b   Bollmann, Andreas ^b   Olsson, S Bertil ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial frequency rate; Clinical atrial fibrillation management; Qrst cancellation; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FREQUENCY/RATE; CLINICAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION MANAGEMENT; QRST CANCELLATION; TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 65849521240     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0162     Document Type: Article

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