Reproducibility of computerized measurements of QT interval from multiple leads at rest and during exercise

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 318-326

  Hekkala, Anna Mari ^a   Väänänen, Heikki ^b   Swan, Heikki ^a   Oikarinen, Lasse ^a   Viitasalo, Matti ^a   Toivonen, Lauri ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body surface potential mapping; Exertion; Long QT syndrome; QT interval; Repolarization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY SURFACE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33749865762     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2006.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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