Evaluation of the non-invasive localization accuracy of cardiac arrhythmias attainable by multichannel magnetocardiography (MCG)

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-59

  Moshage, Werner ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Göhl, Konrad ^a   Bachmann, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; ECG; Magnetocardiography; MCG; Premature ventricular contractions; Ventricular tachycardia; WPW syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0029988451     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01798116     Document Type: Article

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