Time-frequency analysis of the surface electrocardiogram for monitoring antiarrhythmic drug effects in atrial fibrillation

Summary, in English

This study explored time-frequency analysis of surface electrocardiograms in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation for monitoring atrial drug action. Drug loading over 3 days with oral flecainide (n = 13) or amiodarone (n = 17) organized the fibrillatory process expressed by decreased atrial fibrillatory rate, increased rate stability, and decreased exponential decay. Effects were more pronounced with flecainide than with amiodarone.

• Author: D Husser; Martin Stridh; Leif Sörnmo; C Geller; H U Klein; Bertil Olsson; A Bollmann
• Department/s: Department of Electrical and Information Technology; Cardiology
• Publishing year: 2005
• Language: English
• Pages: 526-528
• Publication/Series: American Journal of Cardiology
• Volume: 95
• Issue: 4
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.10.025
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Excerpta Medica
• Topic: Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1879-1913