Changes in body-surface electrocardiograms from geometric remodeling with obesity

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1565-1573

  Arthur, R Martin ^a   Wang, Shuli ^a   Trobaugh, Jason W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

12 lead electrocardiograms (ECGs); Action potentials; bidomain model; forward electrocardiology; obesity; torso models

Indexed keywords

12-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS (ECGS); ACTION POTENTIALS; BIDOMAIN MODEL; FORWARD ELECTROCARDIOLOGY; OBESITY; TORSO MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GEOMETRY; HEART;

NUTRITION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART HYPERTROPHY; OBESITY; QT INTERVAL; SIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 79956356922     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2104322     Document Type: Article

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