T-Wave Alternans Testing for Ventricular Arrhythmias

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-127

  Narayan, Sanjiv M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPY; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; T WAVE AMPLITUDE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 50649119473     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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