Predicting imminent episodes of ventricular tachyarrhythmia using heart rate

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 874-884

  Thong, Tran ^a,c   Raitt, Merritt H ^b  

^a Oregon Health and Science University Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ICD; Prediction; Prevention; R R intervals; Ventricular tachyarrhythmia; VF; VT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RECORDING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 34250729219     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00775.x     Document Type: Article

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