Assessment of T-wave morphology

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-20

  Malik, Marek ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; T WAVE;

EID: 0037217094     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/78.1.18     Document Type: Editorial

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