Spatial coherence: A new method of quantifying myocardial electrical organization using multichannel epicardial electrograms

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-19

  Fendelander, Lahn ^a   Hsia, Peng Wei ^a   Damiano Jr , Ralph J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac organization; Epicardial mapping; Spatial coherence; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOGS; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0030638608     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(97)80030-1     Document Type: Article

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