Time-domain signal-averaged electrocardiogram in nonischemic ventricular tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-244

  Fauchier, Jean Paul ^a   Fauchier, Laurent ^a   Babuty, Dominique ^a   Cosnay, Pierre ^a  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; idiopathic ventricular tachycardia; late ventricular potentials; mitral valve prolapse; myocardiopathy; tetralogy of Fallot; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; REVIEW; TIME;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0030022406     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03315.x     Document Type: Review

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