QT variability and HRV interactions in ECG: Quantification and reliability

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1317-1329

  Almeida, Rute ^a   Gouveia, Sónia ^a   Rocha, Ana Paula ^a,c   Pueyo, Esther ^b   Martínez, Juan Pablo ^b   Laguna, Pablo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c IEEE

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Modelling; QT interval; QT variability; QT RR interactions; RR interval

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MODELLING; QT INTERVAL; QT INTERVAL VARIABILITY (QTV); QT RR INTERACTIONS; RR INTERVALS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERROR; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; QT INTERVAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746786906     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.873682     Document Type: Article

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