Measuring QT dispersion: Man versus machine

Heart

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 539-542

  Murray, Alan ^a   McLaughlin, Neil B ^a   Campbell, Ronald W F ^b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Academic Cardiology Unit

Author keywords

Computer analysis; ECG; QT dispersion; Repolarisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE;

EID: 0030745373     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.6.539     Document Type: Article

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