ECG evaluation of ventricular properties: The iImportance of cardiac cycle length

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Extramiana, Fabrice ^a   Leenhardt, Antoine ^a   Maison Blanche, Pierre ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

ECG; Heart rate; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHANNELOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MORPHOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; REPOLARIZATION; RR INTERVAL; SHORT QT SYNDROME; T WAVE;

AZA COMPOUNDS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; QUINOLINES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 58449125486     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2008.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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