Prevalence of T wave alternans in healthy subjects

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 49-51

  Weber, Stefan ^a,c   Tillmanns, Harald ^b   Waldecker, Bernd ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Noninvasive risk stratification; T wave alternans; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; T WAVE;

EID: 0037249540     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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