Signal averaged electrocardiography of Japanese

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 247-266

  Ozawa, Yukio ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial late potential; Cardiac sudden death; Ischemic heart disease; Normal signal averaged ECG of Japanese; Signal averaged ECG; Signal averaged ECG form Holter ECG; Signal averaged P wave; System and gender specific differences of signal averaged ECG; Ventricular late potential; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENDER; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0033061953     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.40.247     Document Type: Review

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