A computer program for comprehensive ST-segment depression/heart rate analysis of the exercise ECG test

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-71

  Lehtinen, Rami ^a   Vänttinen, Henri ^a   Sievänen, Harri ^b   Malmivuo, Jaakko ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computer analysis; Exercise ECG; Myocardial ischemia; Software; ST HR analysis

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

HEART RATE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

EID: 0030174936     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-2607(96)01732-4     Document Type: Article

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