Intraoperative automated ST segment analysis: A reliable 'black box'?

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1041-1051

  Yang, Homer ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

anaesthesia: cardiac; anaesthesia: general; complications: myocardial ischaemia; heart: ischaemia; monitoring: electrocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029862291     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03011907     Document Type: Article

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