Late fields of the magnetocardiographic QRS complex as indicators of propensity to sustained ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 413-420

  Korhonen, Petri ^a   Montonen, Juha ^b   Mäkijärvi, Markku ^a   Katila, Toivo ^b   Nieminen, Markku S ^a   Toivonen, Lauri ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Magnetocardiography; Myocardial infarction; Risk evaluation; Signal averaged electrocardiography; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034000305     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00336.x     Document Type: Article

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