The effect of reduced intercellular coupling on electrocardiographic signs of left ventricular hypertrophy

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 571-576

  Bacharova, Ljuba ^a   Mateasik, Anton ^a   Krause, Rolf ^b   Prinzen, Frits W ^c   Auricchio, Angelo ^d   Potse, Mark ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL LASER CENTER   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computer model; Electrocardiogram and vectorcardiogram; Intercellular coupling; QRS complex

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052174299     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2011.06.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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