Frequency content and characteristics of ventricular conduction.
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SUBMITTER: Tereshchenko LG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4624499 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov-Dec
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Frequency content and characteristics of ventricular conduction.
Tereshchenko Larisa G LG Josephson Mark E ME
Journal of electrocardiology 20150828 6
The spectrum of frequencies producing the QRS complex has not been fully explored. In this manuscript we review previous studies of QRS frequency content, and discuss our novel method of the conjoint analysis of the ECG signal in six dimensions: in the domain of three space dimensions, in time domain, and in frequency domain. Orbital frequency of QRS loop is introduced as a six-dimensional characteristic of ventricular conduction, which helped to reveal inapparent ventricular conduction, and to ...[more]
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