Time- and frequency-domain analyses of atrial fibrillation activation rate: The optical mapping reference

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1758-1765

  Berenfeld, Omer ^a   Ennis, Steve ^a   Hwang, Elliot ^a   Hooven, Brian ^a   Grzeda, Krzysztof ^a   Mironov, Sergey ^a   Yamazaki, Masatoshi ^a   Kalifa, Jérme ^a   Jalife, José ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Complex fractionated electrogram; Cycle length; Dominant frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80055009004     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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