Novel methods for characterization of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in Human Left Atria

Open Biomedical Engineering Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-40

  Zhao, Jichao ^a   Yao, Yan ^b   Huang, Wen ^b   Shi, Rui ^b   Zhang, Shu ^b   LeGrice, Ian J ^a,e   Lever, Nigel A ^a,c,d   Smaill, Bruce H ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d Medicine Department   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Activation frequency; Atrial fibrillation; Non contact mapping; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Substrate detection; Unipolar electrograms

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTROGRAMS; MULTIELECTRODE ARRAYS; NON-CONTACT MAPPINGS; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; WAVELET-BASED APPROACH;

ABLATION; CARDIOLOGY; CATHETERS; DISEASES; ROOFS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WAVEFRONTS; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EYE TRACKING; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAVE FRONT CENTROID TRACKING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876095302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18741207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874120701307010029     Document Type: Article

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