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[ECG evaluation by the computer using the USPHS program (author's transl)].

C S So
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The efficiency of ECG evaluation by the computer has definitely increased owing to the current improvement of the program. Applying the USPHS program in our material, a wrong diagnosis was made in 14% of the pathological tracings and in 25% of the normal tracings under investigation. These results are certainly encouraging, considering that dissimilar diagnoses are established by different cardiologists in about 20% of the cases. However, we deem the number of wrong diagnoses both in pathological and in normal cases still too high and, therefore, further improvement should be made before applying ECG diagnosis by the computer in practice.

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C S So. 1975-08-22. [ECG evaluation by the computer using the USPHS program (author's transl)].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/126374/

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