The frequency and prognostic significance of electrocardiographic abnormalities in clinically normal individuals

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1981, Pages 299-319

  Barrett, Peter A ^a   Thomas Peter, C ^a   Swan, H J C ^a   Singh, Bramah N ^a   Mandel, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART SINOATRIAL BLOCK; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA;

ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; SINOATRIAL BLOCK; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0019446496     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0033-0620(81)90018-9     Document Type: Article

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