A new algorithm for rhythm discrimination in cardioverter defibrillators based on the initial voltage changes of the ventricular electrogram

Europace

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-82

  Rojo Alvarez, J L ^a   Arenal, A ^b   Garcia Alberola A ^c   Ortiz, M ^b   Valdes M ^c   Artes Rodriguez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrogram morphology; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Supraventricular tachycardia; Tachyarrhythmia detection algorithms; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12244306884     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0275     Document Type: Article

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