Principal component analysis of the T wave in patients with chest pain and conduction disturbances

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1378-1387

  Kesek, Milos ^a   Jernberg, Tomas ^b   Lindahl, Bertil ^b   Xue, Joel ^c   Englund, Anders ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conduction disturbance; Nondipolar components; PCA; Principal component analysis; Repolarization inhomogeneity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 7744244151     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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