Characteristics and distribution of complex fractionated atrial electrograms in patients with paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-93

  Solheim, Eivind ^a,b   Off, Morten Kristian ^a   Hoff, Per Ivar ^a   Schuster, Peter ^a,b   Ohm, Ole Jørgen ^b   Chen, Jian ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Complex fractionated atrial electrograms; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79952035543     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-010-9479-3     Document Type: Article

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