Conduction velocity restitution of the human atriuman-An efficient measurement protocol for clinical electrophysiological studies

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2648-2655

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

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; atrial fibrillation; conduction velocity; intracardiac electrograms; restitution

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONDUCTION VELOCITY; INTRACARDIAC ELECTROGRAMS; RESTITUTION;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SUBSTRATES; WAVEFRONTS;

CATHETERS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONDUCTION VELOCITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TACHYCARDIA; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052070605     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2160453     Document Type: Article

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