Wave-direction and conduction-velocity analysis from intracardiac electrograms-a single-shot technique

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 10 PART 1, 2010, Pages 2394-2401

  Weber, Frank M ^a   Schilling, Christopher ^a   Seemann, Gunnar ^a   Luik, Armin ^b   Schmitt, Claus ^b   Lorenz, Cristian ^c   Dössel, Olaf ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation (AF); Intracardiac electrograms (EGMs)

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; AVERAGE VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL DATA; CONDUCTION VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIRECTIONAL ERRORS; INTRACARDIAC ELECTROGRAMS; NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM; PULMONARY VEINS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; SIMULATED DATA; SINGLE-SHOT; VELOCITY ANALYSIS; WAVE DIRECTION;

CATHETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS);

VELOCITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM;

ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77956918173     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2055056     Document Type: Article

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