Identification of post-myocardial infarction patients prone to ventricular tachycardia using time-frequency analysis of QRS and ST segments

Europace

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-153

  Couderc, J P ^a   Chevalier, P ^a   Fayn, J ^a   Rubel, P ^a   Touboul, P ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

High resolution electrocardiograms; Orthogonal wavelet transform; ROC curves; Step by step linerar discriminant analysis; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0034172918     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2000.0091     Document Type: Article

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