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The Signal‐Averaged Electrocardiogram:
Author(s) -
STEINBERG JONATHAN S.,
BERBARI EDWARD J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00472.x
Subject(s) - signal averaged electrocardiogram , medicine , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , myocardial infarction , tachycardia , sustained ventricular tachycardia , electrocardiography
Update on SAECG. The signal‐averaged electrocardiogram (SAECG) facilitates noninvasive recording of low‐amplitude cardiac signals such as ventricular late potentials. The SAECG has been used to accurately predict life‐threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients after acute myocardial infarction and with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, and to screen for inducible ventricular tachycardia in patients with unexplained syncope and with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. This review focuses on currently accepted methodology and clinical and research applications of the SAECG.