AHA/ACCF/HRS Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram. Part IV: The ST Segment, T and U Waves, and the QT Interval A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology; the American College of Cardiology Foundation; and the Heart Rhythm Society

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 982-991

  Rautaharju, Pentti M ^a   Surawicz, Borys ^a   Gettes, Leonard S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

ACCF Expert Consensus Documents; electrocardiography; electrophysiology; ion channels; long QT syndrome

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT; STANDARDIZATION; T WAVE;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 61649091384     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.12.014     Document Type: Review

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