title: [Study and investigation of mechanism of atrial fibrillation--(II). Atrial fibrillation animal model and data analysis method].
abstract: The first thorny problem in the study of atrial fibrillation (AF) is the establishment of reliable animal models. This paper presents how to create a canine sterile pericarditis model. A new data analysis method, Fast Fourier Transform is introduced. The data from canine sterile pericarditis model was analyzed using FFT. The results demonstrate that canine sterile pericarditis model is a reliable animal model for studying AF and that FFT is a rapid and effective method for analyzing AF data.
authors.affiliation: Shandong Province Chest Hospital, Ji'nan 250013, China.
authors.forename: Cuiying
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shangjun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004285:Dogs; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted