Single-beat analysis of ventricular late potentials in the surface electrocardiogram using the spectrotemporal pattern recognition algorithm in patients with coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 435-446

  Steinbigler, Peter ^a   Haberl, R ^a   Jilge, G ^a   Steinbeck, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Late potentials; Signal averaging; Single beat analysis; Spectral analysis; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032032308     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1997.0768     Document Type: Article

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