Update on intensive care ECG and cardiac event monitoring

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 190-195

  Balaji, Seshadri ^a   Ellenby, Miles ^a   McNames, James ^b   Goldstein, Brahm ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia detection; Electrocardiogram; QT dispersion; Signal averaged ECG; ST segment fluctuation; T wave alternans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; QT INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE;

ARRHYTHMIA; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0036754140     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016300202560     Document Type: Article

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