Functional late potential analysis with exercise testing to identify patients prone to ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-19

  Steinbigler, Peter ^a   Haberl, Ralph ^a   Schmücking, Ingo ^a   Dorwarth, Uwe ^a   Mattke, Sören ^a   Hoffmann, Ellen ^a   Gerhard Steinbeck, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

exercise; late potential; signal averaging; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT;

EID: 0030934521     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.1997.tb00304.x     Document Type: Article

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