The need for standardization of time-and frequency-domain analysis of body surface electrocardiograms for assessment of the atrial fibrillation substrate

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1072-1075

  Schotten, Ulrich ^a   Maesen, Bart ^a   Zeemering, Stef ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864451639     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus056     Document Type: Review

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