Measurement and regulation of cardiac Ventricular repolarization: from the qt interval to repolarization morphology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1892, 2009, Pages 1283-1299

  Couderc, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Qt hysteresis; Qt interval; Repolarization reserve; T wave morphology; Vectocardiography

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; QT HYSTERESIS; QT INTERVAL; REPOLARIZATION RESERVE; T-WAVE MORPHOLOGY; VECTOCARDIOGRAPHY;

MORPHOLOGY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 65549138593     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0284     Document Type: Review

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