Magnetocardiographic QT interval dispersion in postmyocardial infarction patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia: Validation of automated QT measurements

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1934-1942

  Oikarinen, Lasse ^a   Paavola, Mika ^a   Montonen, Juha ^a   Viitasalo, Matti ^a   Mäkijärvi, Markku ^a   Toivonen, Lauri ^a   Katila, Toivo ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Magnetocardiography; QT dispersion; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; QT INTERVAL;

ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031714078     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00013.x     Document Type: Article

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