New descriptors of T-wave morphology are independent of heart rate

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 557-561

  Andersen, Mads P ^a   Xue, Joel Q ^b   Graff, Claus ^a   Kanters, Jørgen K ^c,d   Toft, Egon ^a   Struijk, Johannes J ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drug safety; Electrocardiography; Heart rate dependence; QT; Repolarization; RR; T wave morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE AMPLITUDE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55649099614     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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