Magnetocardiograms in clinical medicine: Unique information on cardiac ischemia, arrhythmias, and fetal diagnosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Yamada, Satsuki ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Iwao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic fields; Cardiac mapping; Electrical currents

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PERFUSION; HIS BUNDLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QT PROLONGATION; RECORDING; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ARRHYTHMIA; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 13844312625     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.1     Document Type: Review

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