Sample entropy of the main atrial wave predicts spontaneous termination of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 917-922

  Alcaraz, Raúl ^a   Rieta, José J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial activity; ECG; Main atrial wave; Organization; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Sample entropy

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL ACTIVITY; ECG; MAIN ATRIAL WAVE; ORGANIZATION; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; SAMPLE ENTROPY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ESTIMATION;

ENTROPY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENTROPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; NOISE REDUCTION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 70349607341     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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