Validation of a simple model for the morphology of the T wave in unipolar electrograms

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Potse, Mark ^a,b,c,d   Vinet, Alain ^a,b   Opthof, Tobias ^c,e   Coronel, Ruben ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activation recovery interval; Computer model; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; T WAVE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 68049102294     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00064.2009     Document Type: Article

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