Measurement of the RT interval on ECG records during electron-beam CT

Academic Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 638-643

  Mao, Songshou ^a   Lu, Bin ^a   Takasu, Junichiro ^a   Oudiz, Ronald J ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^a  

^a St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), electron beam; Coronary vessels, calcification; Coronary vessels, CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; RR INTERVAL; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; T WAVE;

EID: 0038350964     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80082-X     Document Type: Article

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