Electrocardiographic artifacts due to electrode misplacement and their frequency in different clinical settings

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-178

  Rudiger, Alain ^a   Hellermann, Jens P ^b   Mukherjee, Raphael ^c   Follath, Ferenc ^c   Turina, Juraj ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital Altstatten   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CARDIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846591418     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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