Glossary#

The following acronyms will be used throughout the documentation.

ECG#

The Electrocardiogram is usually used for electrical recordings of the heart. In this documentation, the term is used for the recordings on the skin.

EGM#

An Electrogram is the general term used for electrical recordings over time. In this documentation, this term is mainly reserved for internal recordings.

LAT#

The Local Activation Time of a point is defined as the point in time at which it is activated.

RFIndex#

Radio Frequency Index, or more commonly ablation index, is a numerical marker associated to each ablation site, used to better quantify the applied ablation force, power and duration according to studies. For more info, see: https://johnsonfrancis.org/professional/ablation-index-to-guide-af-ablation/.

WOI#

CARTO3 defines the Window Of Interest as the time in which recordings are considered valid (e.g. to avoid far field measurements).