Usefulness of signal-averaged electrocardiography in evaluation of idiopathic-dilated cardiomyopathy in families

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1203-1207

  Yi, Gang ^a   Keeling, Philip J ^a   Hnatkova, Katerina ^a   Goldman, Jonathan H ^a   Malik, Marek ^a   McKenna, William J ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030943513     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00083-0     Document Type: Article

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