Utility of an automatic electrogram fractionation annotation algorithm for detection of critical elements in atrial flutter circuits? the search for EP gold

Affiliations

¹ Hull Family Cardiac Fibrillation Management Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Editorial

Robert D Anderson et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;34(2):366-368.

doi: 10.1111/jce.15757. Epub 2022 Dec 13.

¹ Hull Family Cardiac Fibrillation Management Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Keywords: electroanatomical mapping; electrogram; entrainment; fractionation.

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Automatic identification of areas with low-voltage fragmented electrograms for the detection of the critical isthmus of atypical atrial flutters.
Franco E, Lozano Granero C, Cortez-Dias N, Nakar E, Segev M, Matía R, Hernández-Madrid A, Zamorano JL, Moreno J. Franco E, et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2023 Feb;34(2):356-365. doi: 10.1111/jce.15758. Epub 2022 Dec 8. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2023. PMID: 36434798

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