Endocardial Detection of Repolarization Altemans

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 855-862

  Christini, David J ^a   Stein, Kenneth M ^a   Hao, Steven C ^a   Markowitz, Steven M ^a   Mittal, Suneet ^a   Slotwiner, David J ^a   Iwai, Sei ^a   Das, Mithilesh K ^a   Lerman, Bruce B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternans; nonlinear dynamics; repolarization; T wave; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0042664119     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.813535     Document Type: Article

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