The relationship between electrogram cycle length and dominant frequency in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1336-1342

  Singh, Sheldon M ^a   Heist, E Kevin ^a   Koruth, Jacob S ^a   Barrett, Conor D ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   Mansour, Moussa C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Complex fractionated electrogram; Electrogram; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CYCLE LENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 70450215222     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01580.x     Document Type: Article

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