The electrophysiological cardiac ventricular substrate in patients after myocardial infarction: Noninvasive characterization with electrocardiographic imaging

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1893-1902

  Cuculich, Phillip S ^a,b   Zhang, Junjie ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Desouza, Kavit A ^a   Vijayakumar, Ramya ^a   Woodard, Pamela K ^c   Rudy, Yoram ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

border zone; ECGI; infarct; noninvasive imaging; ventricular substrate

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; MEXILETINE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CICATRIX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 80054981863     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.07.029     Document Type: Article

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