P-wave electrical alternans as an indicator of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

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Iyengar, Nikhil, 1969-
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Richard J. Cohen.
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Abstract
P-wave electrical alternans is a beat to beat alternation in the morphology of the P-wave, the wave in an electrocardiogram corresponding to atrial depolarization. In this investigation, software to measure p-wave alternans was developed and then tested on simulated data and on real data previously recorded from human subjects. The software consists of C programs managed by shell scripts and contains several features to minimize user interaction in data processing. The software can also calculate a signal averaged P-wave, apply various filters, and find the P-wave duration.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1999.
 
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-97).
 
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1999
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72313
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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