Noninvasive estimation of organization in atrial fibrillation as a predictor of sinus rhythm maintenance

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-175

  Petersson, Richard ^a   Sandberg, Frida ^a   Platonov, Pyotr G ^a   Holmqvist, Fredrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; ECG; Prediction; Sample entropy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952040746     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.10.033     Document Type: Article

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