Detection of stress-induced myocardial ischemia from the depolarization phase of the cardiac cycle-a preliminary study

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 240-247

  Toledo, Eran ^a   Lipton, Jonathan A ^b   Warren, Stafford G ^c   Abboud, Shimon ^d   Broce, Mike ^c   Lilly, Donald R ^c   Maynard, Charles ^e   Lucas Jr , B Daniel ^c   Wagner, Galen S ^f  

^a Research and Development   (Israel)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise test; High frequency ECG; Ischemia; Ischemic heart disease

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65049084680     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.12.023     Document Type: Article

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