Title :
Role of the atrial rate in the ventricular response during atrial fibrillation
Author :
Climent, Andreu M. ; Guillem, Maria S. ; Husser, D. ; Millet, J. ; Bollmann, D. ; Castells, F.
Author_Institution :
ITACA, Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia
Abstract :
The ventricular response (VR) during atrial fibrillation (AF) presents particular characteristics which may play a relevant role in the selection of the most appropriate treatment. Preferential AV nodal conductions are visible when RR intervals Poincare plots during AF are constructed. The main objective of this work is the evaluation of the relationship between the position of more probable RR intervals and the atrial rate (AA). Holter monitoring was used to demonstrate that in patients with one, two or even three clusters of RR intervals, these clusters track nth multiples of the atrial rate (i.e. 2ldrAA, 3ldrAA, etc.). A possible classification of AF patients according to the ventricular response mechanism could help to improve the rate control treatments results.
Keywords :
Poincare mapping; bioelectric phenomena; biomedical measurement; electrocardiography; medical signal processing; Holter monitoring; RR interval Poincare plots; RR interval position; atrial fibrillation; atrial rate; preferential atrioventricular nodal conductions; ventricular response; Anatomy; Atrial fibrillation; Heart; Histograms; Information analysis; Information filtering; Information filters; Patient monitoring; Physiology; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Cardiology, 2008
Conference_Location :
Bologna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3706-1
DOI :
10.1109/CIC.2008.4749170
