A novel lead configuration for optimal spatio-temporal detection of intracardiac repolarization alternans

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-417

  Weiss, Eric H ^a   Merchant, Faisal M ^b   D'Avila, Andre ^a   Foley, Lori ^b   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a   Singh, Jagmeet P ^b   Mela, Theofanie ^b   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^b   Armoundas, Antonis A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternans; Arrhythmias; Clinical electrophysiology; Intracardiac; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BODY SURFACE; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEAD CONFIGURATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION ALTERNANS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MALE; SWINE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 80052318889     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.109.934208     Document Type: Article

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