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In the last 10 years, we have developed a computerized system for the analysis and interpretation of Frank orthogonal electrocardiograms and vectorcardiograms (VCG). As compared with other ECG-computer programs, the main characteristics of the Louvain program are: [1]quantitative analysis of the spatial VCG in both adults and children, [2]criteria which take into account age and sex stratified normal limits of various parameters,[3] diagnostic classification by two complementary methods, i.e. deterministic (decision-tree) and statistical (multivariate). The Louvain program has been thoroughly evaluated by objective method, i.e. by comparing the automatic interpretation with the clinical diagnosis validated from ECG-independent evidence.
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Brohet, C.R., Derwael, C., Fesler, R., Robert, A., Brasseur, L.A. (1986). Automated Quantitative Vectorcardiography: The Louvain VCG-Computer Program. In: van Dam, R.T., van Oosterom, A. (eds) Electrocardiographic Body Surface Mapping. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 60. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4303-2_30
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