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).