Technical Mistakes during the Acquisition of the Electrocardiogram

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-403

  García Niebla, Javier ^a   Llontop García, Pablo ^a   Valle Racero, Juan Ignacio ^b   Serra Autonell, Guillem ^c   Batchvarov, Velislav N ^d   De Luna, Antonio Bayés ^e  

^a Valle del Golfo Health Center   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^c Gem Med SL   (Spain)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Electrocardiogram; Electrode misplacement; Filters; Leads

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTIFACT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; T WAVE;

EID: 71049139458     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2009.00328.x     Document Type: Review

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