Dominant frequency of atrial fibrillation correlates poorly with atrial fibrillation cycle length

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 634-644

  Elvan, Arif ^a   Linnenbank, Andre C ^b   Van Bemmel, Marnix W ^a   Misier, Anand R Ramdat ^a   Delnoy, Peter Paul H M ^a   Beukema, Willem P ^a   De Bakker, Jacques M T ^b  

^a Isala Klinieken ^*

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Dominant frequency; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73949133997     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.108.843284     Document Type: Article

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