Arrhythmia vulnerability assessment using magnetic field maps and body surface potential maps

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1718-1728

  Stroink, Gerhard ^a   Meeder, Robert J J ^a   Elliott, Phil ^a   Lant, John ^a   Gardner, Martin J ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body surface potential mapping; Extrema trajectory plotting; Integral maps; Magnetocardiography; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0007259980     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00403.x     Document Type: Article

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