| Literature DB >> 29707361 |
Damián Longo1, Carlos López2, Javier García-Niebla3.
Abstract
Electrocardiographic artifacts are extracardiac signals that may alter the electrocardiogram (ECG) generating false diagnoses. These artifacts may simulate pathologies on ECG's in healthy patients and result in long-term unnecessary or even deleterious treatments. On the other hand, to consider an arrhythmia as an artifact, may carry even worse consequences.Entities:
Keywords: Electrocardiogram (ECG); artifact; pulse waves; ventricular tachycardia
Year: 2018 PMID: 29707361 PMCID: PMC5906353 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.02.87
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Thorac Dis ISSN: 2072-1439 Impact factor: 2.895