Filtered QRS Duration on Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography Predicts Inducibility of Ventricular Tachycardia in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricle Dysplasia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1955-1960

  Nasir, Khurram ^a   Tandri, Harikrishna ^a   Rutberg, Julie ^a   Tichnell, Crystal ^a   Spevak, Phil ^b   Crossan, Jane ^b   Baughman, Kenneth L ^a   Kasper, Edward K ^a   Tomaselli, Gordon F ^a   Berger, Ronald ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ARVD; Electrophysiological study; SAECG; VT

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; QRS COMPLEX; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 10744227861     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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