Differences in repeating patterns of complex fractionated left atrial electrograms in longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation as compared with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 470-477

  Ciaccio, Edward J ^a   Biviano, Angelo B ^a   Whang, William ^a   Vest, John A ^a   Gambhir, Alok ^a   Einstein, Andrew J ^a   Garan, Hasan ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; CFAE; Dominant frequency; Ensemble average; Linear prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT LONGSTANDING HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RANDOMIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80054039030     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.960153     Document Type: Article

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