Prediction of arrhythmia risk based on signal-averaged ECG in postinfarction patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10 II, 1997, Pages 2566-2576

  Borggrefe, Martin ^a,b   Fetsch, Thomas ^a   Martínez Rubio, Antoni ^a   Mäkijärvi, Markku ^a   Breithardt, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Signal averaged ECG; Sudden death; Ventricular late potentials; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; QRS COMPLEX; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030695023     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06106.x     Document Type: Article

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