A new method to determine the electrical transfer function of the human thorax

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Subacius, Haris ^a   Sen Gupta, Indranil ^a   Johnson, David ^a   Kadish, Alan H ^a   Ng, Jason ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Fourier analysis; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY SIZE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORAX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36849050873     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00707.2007     Document Type: Article

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