Transient leftward QRS axis shift during treadmill exercise testing or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is a highly specific marker of proximal left anterior descending coronary artery disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1530-1534

  Kodama, Koji ^a   Hamada, Mareomi ^a   Hiwada, Kunio ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030951885     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00187-2     Document Type: Article

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