Left atrial abnormality by electrocardiogram predicts left ventricular hypertrophy by echocardiography in the presence of right bundle-branch block

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-114

  Mehta, Anurag ^a   Jain, Abnash C ^a   Morise, Anthony P ^a   Mehta, Mahaveer C ^a,b   Billie, Mike ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index; Body surface area; Frontal axis; Left atrial abnormality; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Left ventricular mass; Right bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

EID: 0031890947     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960210209     Document Type: Article

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