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AN INSTRUMENT FOR PREDICTING THE OCCURRENCE OF THE P–R INTERVAL OF THE NORMAL HUMAN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
Author(s) -
Thorne Phillip R.,
Engel Bernard T.,
Quilter Reginald E.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1970.tb02286.x
Subject(s) - beat (acoustics) , psychology , heart beat , audiology , statistics , mathematics , medicine , acoustics , physics
This report describes an instrument which will automatically predict the occurrence of the P–R interval on a beat‐to‐beat basis. Tests have demonstrated an almost perfect accuracy in older subjects whose beat‐to‐beat variations are small. The average accuracy with a group of 23 men, 19 of whom were 20‐30 years old, was 95% correct prediction. In young women with very large beat‐to‐beat variations, the average accuracy achieved was 75% correct prediction.