Optimization of antitachycardia pacing protocols applied to atrial fibrillation: Insights from a biophysical model

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3024-3027

  Uldry, Laurent ^a   Virag, Nathalie ^b   Kappenberger, Lukas ^c   Vesin, Jean Marc ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Medtronic Europe   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; MODEL-BASED OPC; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

DISEASES;

EID: 77951001579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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