Computer Software tool for heart rate variability (HRV), T-wave alternans (TWA) and heart rate turbulence (HRT) analysis from ECGs

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Kudryński, Krzysztof ^a   Strumiłło, Paweł ^a   Ruta, Jan ^b  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Computed ECG analysis; ECG; HRT; HRV; TWA

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE TURBULENCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; T WAVE; T WAVE ALTERNANS; VALIDITY;

EID: 80054018072     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881919     Document Type: Article

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