The ventricular tachycardia score: A novel approach to electrocardiographic diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia

Europace

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 578-584

  Jastrzebski, Marek ^a   Sasaki, Kenichi ^b   Kukla, Piotr ^c   Fijorek, Kamil ^d   Stec, Sebastian ^e   Czarnecka, Danuta ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c H Klimontowicz Specialistic Hospital   (Poland)

^d CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brugada algorithm; Electrocardiography; Ventricular tachycardia; Wide QRS complex tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR DISSOCIATION; BRUGADA ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA SCORE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WIDE QRS COMPLEX TACHYCARDIA; ACTION POTENTIAL; AGED; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; JAPAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLAND; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84975701650     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv118     Document Type: Article

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