Electrocardiographic T wave and its relation with ventricular repolarization along major anatomical axes

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 524-531

  Meijborg, Veronique M F ^a   Conrath, Chantal E ^a   Opthof, Tobias ^a,b   Belterman, Charly N W ^a   De Bakker, Jacques M T ^a,c   Coronel, Ruben ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84905861732     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.001622     Document Type: Article

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