Comparative evaluation of methodologies for T-wave alternans mapping in electrograms

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 308-316

  Orini, Michele ^a   Hanson, Ben ^a   Monasterio, Violeta ^b,c   Martínez, Juan Pablo ^b,c   Hayward, Martin ^a   Taggart, Peter ^a   Lambiase, Pier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrograms (EGM); intracardiac ECG; repolarization; T wave alternans; ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; ELECTROGRAMS; LIKELIHOOD RATIO METHOD; REPOLARIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; T-WAVE ALTERNANS; TIME-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS;

BIOPHYSICS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART BEAT; HEART CYCLE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPLACIAN LIKELIHOOD RATIO METHOD; MODIFIED MOVING AVERAGE METHOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL METHOD; T WAVE; T WAVE ALTERNANS; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; TIME-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION METHOD; WHITE NOISE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PERICARDIUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84893213627     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2013.2289304     Document Type: Article

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