Spatiotemporal behavior of high dominant frequency during paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation in the human left atrium

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 650-658

  Jarman, Julian W E ^a   Wong, Tom ^a   Kojodjojo, Pipin ^a   Spohr, Hilmar ^a   Davies, Justin E ^a   Roughton, Michael ^a   Francis, Darrel P ^a   Kanagaratnam, Prapa ^a   Markides, Vias ^a   Davies, D Wyn ^a   Peters, Nicholas S ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Electrophysiology mapping; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867154648     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.967992     Document Type: Article

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