"Crochetage" (Notch) on R wave in inferior limb leads: A new independent electrocardiographic sign of atrial septal defect

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 877-882

  Heller, Joseph ^a   Hagège, Albert A ^a   Besse, Bruno ^a   Desnos, Michel ^a   Marie, François Noël ^a   Guerot, Claude ^a  

^a Hopital Boucicaut   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029978185     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00554-4     Document Type: Article

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