The ST Compass: spatial visualization of ST-segment deviations and estimation of the ST injury vector

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-189

  Andersen, Mads Peter ^a   Terkelsen, Christian J ^b   Struijk, Johannes J ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Injury current; Injury vector; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial ischemia; ST Compass; ST depression; ST deviation; ST elevation; ST injury vector; STEMI

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST COMPASS; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 60349118598     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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