Contribution of left atrial pressure and dimension to signal-averaged P-wave duration in patients with chronic congestive heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-222

  Faggiano, Pompilio ^a,b   D'Aloia, Antonio ^a   Zanelli, Emanuela ^a   Gualeni, Anna ^a   Musatti, Paola ^a   Giordano, Amerigo ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROPRUSSIDE; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0031567870     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00720-5     Document Type: Article

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