Feasibility of multiple short, 40-s, intra-procedural ECG recordings to detect immediate changes in heart rate variability during catheter ablation for arrhythmias

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-171

  Lim, Phang Boon ^a   Malcolme Lawes, Louisa C ^a   Stuber, Thomas ^a   Koa Wing, Michael ^a   Wright, Ian J ^a   Tillin, Therese ^a   Sutton, Richard ^a   Wyn Davies, D ^a   Peters, Nicholas S ^a   Francis, Darrel P ^a   Kanagaratnam, Prapa ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SYNCOPE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TILT-TABLE TEST; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855592884     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-011-9580-2     Document Type: Article

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