Comparison of formulae for heart rate correction of QT interval in exercise electrocardiograms

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1397-1401

  Aytemir, Kudret ^a   Maarouf, Nidal ^a   Gallagher, Mark M ^a   Yap, Yee Guan ^a   Waktare, Johan E P ^a   Malik, Marek ^a  

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

Author keywords

Complications; Lead extraction; Pacemaker lead; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; QT INTERVAL;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032862383     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00635.x     Document Type: Article

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