Statistical models for heart rate correction of the QT interval

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 786-796

  Ringa, Arne ^a,b  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

ECG; Multilevel modelling; QT prolongation; Repeated measurements

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QT INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; T WAVE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PATTERN; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 77949430443     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3791     Document Type: Article

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