Beat-to-beat wavelet variance of the QRS complex as a marker of arrhythmogenic substrate in ventricular tachycardia patients

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-92

  Popescu, M ^a   Laskaris, N ^a   Chiladakis, I ^a   Stathopoulos, C ^a   Cristea, P ^b   Manolis, A ^a   Bezerianos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Beat to beat variance; Ventricular tachycardia; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

A-WAVELET TRANSFORM; ALIGNMENT ERROR; BEAT-TO-BEAT VARIANCE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENTS; QRS COMPLEXES; SIGNAL COMPONENTS; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; WAVELET VARIANCE; WAVELETS TRANSFORM;

WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERROR; HEART BEAT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; VARIANCE; WAVEFORM;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031933493     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/19/1/007     Document Type: Article

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