Short-term reproducibility of T wave alternans measurement

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 641-644

  Turitto, Gioia ^a,b   Mirandi, Anthony P ^a   Pedalino, Ronald P ^a   Uretsky, Scott ^a   El Sherif, Nabil ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Reproducibility; Sudden cardiac death; T wave alternans; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE; T WAVE ALTERNANS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0035996713     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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