Electrocardiographic body surface mapping: Potential tool for the detection of transient myocardial ischemia in the 21st century?

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-210

  Robinson, Monique R ^a   Curzen, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body surface mapping; Coronary artery disease; Delta map

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; BODY SURFACE; BODY SURFACE MAPPING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOGS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 64949098533     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2009.00284.x     Document Type: Review

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