Analysis of the degree of QRS fusion necessary for its visual detection: Importance for the recognition of transient entrainment

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3509-3516

  Ormaetxe, José M ^a   Almendral, Jesús ^b   Martínez Alday, Jesús D ^a   Villacastín, Julián P ^b   Arenal, Angel ^b   Pastor, Agustín ^b   Echeverría, Tomás ^b   Delcán, Juan L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Pacing ventricles; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030729185     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.10.3509     Document Type: Article

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