A new electrocardiogram marker to identify patients at low risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias: Sum magnitude of the absolute QRST integral

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-216

  Tereshchenko, Larisa G ^a   Cheng, Alan ^a   Fetics, Barry J ^a   Butcher, Barbara ^a   Marine, Joseph E ^a   Spragg, David D ^a   Sinha, Sunil ^a   Dalal, Darshan ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Tomaselli, Gordon F ^a   Berger, Ronald D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 79952042919     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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