Time- and frequency-domain characteristics of atrial electrograms during sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 851-857

  Chang, Sheng Hsiung ^a   Ulfarsson, Magnus ^b   Chugh, Aman ^a   Yoshida, Kentaro ^a   Jongnarangsin, Krit ^a   Crawford, Thomas ^a   Good, Eric ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a   Morady, Fred ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; complex fractionated atrial electrograms; dominant frequency; spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051696244     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02022.x     Document Type: Article

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