Prenatal diagnosis of QT prolongation by fetal magnetocardiogram - Use of QRS and T-wave current-arrow maps

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 377-387

  Kandori, Akihiko ^a   Miyashita, Tsuyoshi ^a   Tsukada, Keiji ^a   Hosono, Takayoshi ^b   Miyashita, Susumu ^b   Chiba, Yoshihide ^b   Horigome, Hitoshi ^c   Shigemitsu, Sadahiko ^c   Asaka, Mitsuhiro ^c  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal magnetocardiogram; Long QT syndrome; QRS ratio; T

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETOMETERS; SHELLFISH; SQUIDS;

'CURRENT; CHANNEL SYSTEMS; FETAL MAGNETOCARDIOGRAM; LONG QT SYNDROMES; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAMS; PHASE DIFFERENCE; QRS RATIO; QT PROLONGATION; T; T WAVES;

MOLLUSCS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SIGNAL DETECTION; T WAVE; WAVEFORM;

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 0035015915     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/22/2/309     Document Type: Article

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