Comparative reproducibility of QT, QT peak, and T peak-T end intervals and dispersion in normal subjects, patients with myocardial infarction, and patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11 II, 1998, Pages 2376-2381

  Savelieva, Irina ^a   Yap, Yee Guan ^a   Yi, Gang ^a   Guo, Xiaohua ^a   Camm, A John ^a   Malik, Marek ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic QT measurement; QT dispersion; QT interval; Reproducibility; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031723605     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01185.x     Document Type: Review

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