Effect of heart rate on ventricular repolarization in healthy individuals applying vectorcardiographic T vector and T vector loop analysis

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-294

  Vahedi, Farzad ^a   Haney, Michael F ^b   Jensen, Steen M ^b   Näslund, Ulf ^b   Bergfeldt, Lennart ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

heart rate; repolarization; T wave vector; vectorcardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79960578059     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2011.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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