Comparison of magnetocardiography and electrocardiography: A study of automatic measurement of dispersion of ventricular repolarization

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 887-893

  Smith, Fiona E ^a   Langley, Philip ^a   van Leeuwen, Peter ^b   Hailer, Birgit ^c   Trahms, Lutz ^d   Steinhoff, Uwe ^d   Bourke J P , John P ^e   Murray, Alan ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Research and Development Centre for Microtherapy (EFMT)   (Germany)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (Germany)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^e FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic measurements; Dispersion of ventricular repolarization; Electrocardiography; Electrocardiology; Magnetocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T WAVE; VOLUNTEER;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 33749663018     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul070     Document Type: Article

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