Abnormal intra-QRS signals and late potentials in the high resolution ECG associated with chagasic myocarditis

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 0, Issue 0, 1996, Pages 633-636

  Gomis, Pedro ^a,e   Suárez, Kleydis ^a   Passariello, Gianfranco ^a   Mendoza, Ivan ^b   Caminal, Pere ^c   Lander, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e Dpto de Tecnologia Industrial   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; DISEASES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARRHYTHMIC DEATH; CHAGASIC MYOCARDITIS; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; LATE POTENTIALS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030392884     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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