Characterization of ventricular tachycardias based on time and frequency domain analyses of cycle length variability in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1223-1228

  Sierra, Gilberto ^a,c   Molin, Franck ^a   Savard, Pierre ^a   Soucy, Bernard ^b   Nadeau, Réginald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Medtronic Canada   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardioversion; Defibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DATA BASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 0033452328     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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