The Bayesian approach improves the electrocardiographic diagnosis of broad complex tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10 I, 2000, Pages 1519-1526

  Lau, Ernest W ^a,b   Pathamanathan, Ravi K ^a,b   Andre Ng G ^a,b   Cooper, Joanne ^a,b   Douglas Skehan, J ^a,b   Griffith, Michael J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Broad complex tachycardia; Diagnosis; Likelihood ratio

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0033783172     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.01519.x     Document Type: Article

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