On the estimation of T-wave alternans using the spectral fast fourier transform method

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 449-456

  Armoundas, Antonis A ^a   Mela, Theofanie ^a   Merchant, Faisal M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternans; Arrhythmias; Phase resetting; Random and colored noise

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; HEART BEAT; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE; T WAVE ALTERNANS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84857611677     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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