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Critical noise level reduction for correct identification of late potentials: an illustrative case report
P Kulakowski1, F D Murgatroyd, A J Camm
1Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, England.
Clinical Cardiology
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
The precision of detection of late potentials (LPs) on signal-averaged electrocardiography (SAECG) depends on the degree of noise reduction. The recommended low-noise endpoint is 0.3 microV. We describe a patient with sustained ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction with very low amplitude LPs in whom a noise level lower than 0.3 microV was necessary in order to obtain an abnormal result of the SAECG. The presence of LPs was confirmed by spectral temporal mapping of the SAECG.