Spatial, temporal and wavefront direction characteristics of 12-lead T-wave morphology

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 574-584

  Acar, B ^a   Yi, G ^a   Hnatkova, K ^a   Malik, M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ECG decomposition; QT dispersion; Spatial temporal variation; T wave morphology; Wavefront direction

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VECTORS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

T-WAVE MORPHOLOGY; WAVEFRONT DIRECTION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QT INTERVAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; T WAVE;

EID: 0032831711     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02513351     Document Type: Article

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