Comparison of the new acceleration spectrum analysis with other time- and frequency-domain analyses of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 628-637

  Vazquez R ^c   Caref, E B ^b   Torres, F ^a   Reina, M ^a   Huet, J ^a   Guerrero, J A ^a   El Sherif, N ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acceleration spectrum analysis; Frequency domain analysis; Late potentials; Post myocardial infarction; Signal averaged ECG; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0031977804     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1997.0750     Document Type: Article

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