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

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

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

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; Electrocardiography; Electrophysiology; Ion channels; Long QT syndrome

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; RR INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; T WAVE INVERSION; U WAVE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

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

EID: 64549103023     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.191096     Document Type: Review

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