The meaning of the Tp-Te interval and its diagnostic value

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 575-580

  Kors, Jan A ^a   Ritsema van Eck, Henk J ^a   van Herpen, Gerard ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersion of repolarization; Tpeak Tend interval; Vectorcardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; QT DISPERSION; T WAVE AMPLITUDE;

ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 55649113096     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.07.030     Document Type: Article

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