Magnitude of error introduced by application of heart rate correction formulas to the canine QT interval

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-298

  King, Andrew ^a   Bailie, Marc ^b   Olivier, N Bari ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug induced QT prolongation; Heart rate correction

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAZZETT FORMULA; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EVALUATION; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HIS BUNDLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749844020     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2006.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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