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Databases and Simulation

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The most popular public databases employed in engineering-oriented research are described in this chapter. Various aspects on the simulation of ECG signals in atrial fibrillation are considered, and a simulator of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation is described in detail. The chapter ends with a discussion of the relevance of simulation.

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Sörnmo, L., Petrėnas, A., Marozas, V. (2018). Databases and Simulation . In: Sörnmo, L. (eds) Atrial Fibrillation from an Engineering Perspective. Series in BioEngineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68515-1_3

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