Complex fractionated atrial electrograms: Properties of time-domain versus frequency-domain methods

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1475-1482

  Grzeda, Krzysztof R ^a   Noujaim, Sami F ^a   Berenfeld, Omer ^a   Jalife, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Complex atrial electrogram; Dominant frequency; Radio frequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLE LENGTH; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PHASE PRESERVING NOISE; PHASE RESETTING NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY THRESHOLD; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATION; WHITE NOISE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS;

EID: 77949511197     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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