Identifying patterns of spatial current dispersion that characterise and separate the Brugada syndrome and complete right-bundle branch block

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 236-244

  Kandori, Akihiko ^a   Shimizu, W ^b   Yokokawa, M ^b   Noda, T ^b   Kamakura, S ^b   Miyatake, K ^b   Murakami, M ^c   Miyashita, T ^a   Ogata, K ^a   Tsukada, K ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Current arrow map; Magnetocardiogram; Right bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROSTHETICS; SURGERY;

ABNORMAL CURRENTS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAMS (MCG); SPATIAL-CURRENT DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; QRS COMPLEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; AGED; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNDROME;

EID: 2342652891     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344637     Document Type: Article

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